Recommended by Duan Pavlovi, and 1 others. See all reviews
Ranked #22 in Utopian, Ranked #23 in Democracy — see more rankings.
We live in a time of unprecedented upheaval, with questions about the future, society, work, happiness, family and money, and yet no political party of the right or left is providing us with answers. Rutger Bregman, a bestselling Dutch historian, explains that it needn't be this way.
Bregman shows that we can construct a society with visionary ideas that are, in fact, wholly implementable. Every milestone of civilization – 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 15-hour... more
Bregman shows that we can construct a society with visionary ideas that are, in fact, wholly implementable. Every milestone of civilization – 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 15-hour... more
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Duan Pavlovi Thank you @rcbregman for this great book! (I am writing a short review, but only in Serbian for a Serbian daily.) (Source)
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Utopia for Realists is ranked in the following categories:
- #76 in Capitalism
- #52 in Commerce
- #25 in Development Economics
- #28 in Economic History
- #71 in Economics
- #28 in Futurism
- #81 in Politics
- #90 in Socialism