Author: Rutger Bregman
Publisher: Hachette UK
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Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today. "A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell." -- New York Times After working all day at jobs we often dislike, we buy things we don't need. Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian, reminds us it needn't be this way -- and in some places it isn't. Rutger Bregman's TED Talk about universal basic income seemed impossibly radical when he delivered it in 2014. A quarter of a million views later, the subject of that video is being seriously considered by leading economists and government leaders the world over. It's just one of the many utopian ideas that Bregman proves is possible today. Utopia for Realists is one of those rare books that takes you by surprise and challenges what you think can happen. From a Canadian city that once completely eradicated poverty, to Richard Nixon's near implementation of a basic income for millions of Americans, Bregman takes us on a journey through history, and beyond the traditional left-right divides, as he champions ideas whose time have come. Every progressive milestone of civilization -- from the end of slavery to the beginning of democracy -- was once considered a utopian fantasy. Bregman's book, both challenging and bracing, demonstrates that new utopian ideas, like the elimination of poverty and the creation of the fifteen-hour workweek, can become a reality in our lifetime. Being unrealistic and unreasonable can in fact make the impossible inevitable, and it is the only way to build the ideal world.
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Pages: 336
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Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today. After working all day at jobs we often dislike, we buy things we don't need. Rutger Bregman, a Dutch
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Listen out for Rutger Bregman. He has a big future shaping the future' Observer 'A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell' New York Times 'The Dutch wunderkind of new ideas' Guardian In Utopia for Realists, Rutger Bregman shows that we can construct a society with visionary ideas
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Listen out for Rutger Bregman. He has a big future shaping the future' Observer'The Dutch wunderkind of new ideas' GuardianIn Utopia for Realists, Rutger Bregman shows that we can construct a society with visionary ideas that are, in fact, wholly implementable. Every milestone of civilisation - from
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From a universal basic income to a 15-hour workweek, from a world without borders to a world without poverty - it's time to return to utopian thinking. Join Rutger Bregman on a journey through history, beyond the traditional left-right divides, as he introduces ideas whose time has come. Utopia for
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From her position at Harvard University's Department of Government for over thirty-five years, Judith Shklar (1928-92) taught a long list of prominent political theorists and published prolifically in the domains of modern and American political thought. She was a highly original theorist of liberalism, possessing a broad and deep knowledge
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Зa чac cвoгo icнувaння життя нa Зeмлi тpaнcфopмoвувaлocя кiлькa paзiв — вiд бaктepiй, чий poзвитoк пoвнicтю зaкoдoвaний у ДНК, дo cклaднiшиx opгaнiзмiв i зpeштoю людини, якa мaє вибip тa мaйжe миттєвo пpиcтocoвуєтьcя дo нoвoгo cepeдoвищa. Ця гнучкicть дaлa змoгу людcтву зaпaнувaти нa Зeмлi. Тa пoпpи знaчнi пpopиви — мoву, пиceмнicть,
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About the Original Book: Utоріа fоr Rеаlіѕtѕ (2016) іѕ a call tо аrmѕ fоr a rаdісаl rеthіnkіng оf lіfе, wоrk and hоw society functions. It argues thаt thе wоrld enjoys unprecedented wеаlth аnd mаtеrіаl comfort but is ѕtіll full of рrоblеmѕ, frоm soul-destroying jоbѕ tо inequality and poverty. Wе hаvе
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This book explores the contribution to recent developments in post-secularism, philosophical realism and utopianism made by key thinkers in the Hegelian tradition. It challenges dominant assumptions about what the relationship between religion and our so-called "secular age" should be that have sought to reduce or even eliminate religiosity from the
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