Utopia for Realists

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE VIRAL SENSATION TAKING ON THE BILLIONAIRES*PRE-ORDER RUTGER'S NEW BOOK HUMANKIND NOW*'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' 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 the end of slavery to the beginning of democracy - was once considered a utopian fantasy. New utopian ideas such as universal basic income and a fifteen-hour work week can become reality in our lifetime.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 beyond the traditional left-right divides as he introduces ideas whose time has come.*This book has been updated with a sticker on the front cover. We cannot guarantee that orders placed will include the sticker*