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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: 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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Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 330 BRE 011200 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 011200
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330 BHA 010877 Evolution of economic ideas : 330 BHA 012512 Evolution of economic ideas : 330 BLA 010730 Marconomics : 330 BRE 011200 Utopia for realists : 330 BUT 011057 50 economics classics : 330 CHA 008954 Economics : 330 CHA 019929 Economics :

Translation of: Gratis geld voor iedereen.

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

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.

"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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