Utopia for realists : how we can build the ideal world / Rutger Bregman ; translated from the Dutch by Elizabeth Manton.

By:

Bregman, Rutger, 1988- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Manton, Elizabeth [translator.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Dutch Publisher: New York : London ; Bloomsbury, 2017Description: 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781408890271 (pbk.)
9780316471893
0316471895

Uniform titles:

Gratis geld voor iedereen. English

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

330 BRE 23 011200

LOC classification:

HX806 .B7413 2017

Contents:

The return of Utopia -- Why we should give free money to everyone -- The end of poverty -- The bizarre tale of President Nixon and his basic income bill -- New figures for a new era -- A fifteen-hour workweek -- Why it doesn't pay to be a banker -- Race against the machine -- Beyond the gates of the land of plenty -- How ideas change the world.

Summary: "A noted Dutch journalist and economist proposes an outline for a new worldwide Utopia, with central tenets including a shortened work week, a guaranteed basic income for all, wealth redistribution, and open borders everywhere"--

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	330 BRE 011200 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011200

Translation of: Gratis geld voor iedereen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-305) and index.

"A noted Dutch journalist and economist proposes an outline for a new worldwide Utopia, with central tenets including a shortened work week, a guaranteed basic income for all, wealth redistribution, and open borders everywhere"--

Translated from the Dutch.

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