Utopia for Realists
First edition (Dutch) | |
| Author | Rutger Bregman |
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| Audio read by | Peter Noble |
| Original title | Gratis geld voor iedereen |
| Translator | Elizabeth Manton |
| Language | Dutch |
| Publisher | De Correspondent |
Publication date | 2014 |
| Publication place | Netherlands |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 978-9082520347 |
| OCLC | 1039088412 |
| Part of a series on |
| Utopias |
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| Mythical and religious |
| Literature |
| Theory |
| Concepts |
| Practice |
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Utopia for Realists: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-hour Workweek (alternatively subtitled And How We Can Get There and How We Can Build the Ideal World) is a book by Dutch popular historian Rutger Bregman. It was originally written as articles in Dutch for a virtual journal, De Correspondent, and was since compiled and published, and translated into several languages. It offers a critical proposal that it claims is a practical approach to reconstructing modern society to promote a more productive and equitable life based on three core ideas:
- a universal basic income paid to everybody
- a short working week of fifteen hours
- open borders worldwide with the free movement of citizens between all states