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Book · 2016 · Utopias

Utopia for Realists

by Rutger Bregman · Recommended by 2 people on 2 podcasts

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Take uh Rook G bregman did you know the Utopia for realists guy he's a big proponent of universal basic incoming.
Jack Symes · The Joe Rogan Experience · Aug 2024 Listen at 2:43:24

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So I'm thinking of like Rutger bregman's Utopia for realist right where he talks about a 15-hour work week.
Kristin Godsey The Ezra Klein Show · Jun 2023

Why people recommend it

Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman is an imaginative economic and social policy book that challenges conventional political wisdom by advocating for transformative ideas such as a universal basic income and a drastically shortened workweek. The publication received substantial analytical attention from guests on prominent discussion programs. On an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Jack Symes brought up the author and his publication while examining universal basic income, later citing Bregman's research to demonstrate that first-generation immigrants to the United States are statistically less likely to commit crimes than native-born citizens. Similarly, Kristin Godsey referenced Utopia for Realists during her appearance on The Ezra Klein Show, pointing to Bregman's specific exploration of a fifteen-hour work week as a prime example of forward-thinking literature that envisions positive economic models and radical societal restructuring. Across these diverse conversations, commentators emphasized how the book offers pragmatic yet ambitious blueprints for rethinking modern labor markets, immigration patterns, and social safety nets, encouraging readers to abandon cynical orthodoxies in favor of structural reforms designed to enhance human well-being and economic security in an increasingly complex and rapidly changing global society.

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Jack Symes take uh Rook G bregman did you know the Utopia for realists guy he's a big proponent of universal basic inc… 2
Discussed
“take uh Rook G bregman did you know the Utopia for realists guy he's a big proponent of universal basic incoming”
Discussed
“Rook bregman points out wonderfully in his book Utopia for realist that people that come to the US for example first generation migrants are less likely to commit crimes than the native population”
Kristin Godsey so I'm thinking of like Rutger bregman's Utopia for realist right where he talks about a 15-hour work week 1
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“so I'm thinking of like Rutger bregman's Utopia for realist right where he talks about a 15-hour work week”

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“and again I was really lucky because it was about to promote my new book sure to my previous book utopia for realists and I was about to go on a book tour in Australia”