Utopia for Realists

Utopia for Realists: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-hour Workweek
	First edition (Dutch)
Author	Rutger Bregman
Audio read by	Peter Noble
Original title	Gratis geld voor iedereen
Translator	Elizabeth Manton
Country	Netherlands
Language	Dutch
Publisher	De Correspondent
Publication date	2014
Media type	Print
Pages	288
ISBN	978-9082520347
OCLC	1039088412

Utopia for Realists: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-hour Workweek (alternatively subtitled And How We Can Get There and How We Can Build the Ideal World) is a book by Dutch popular historian Rutger Bregman.^[1] It was originally written as articles in Dutch for a virtual journal, De Correspondent, and was since compiled and published,^[2] and translated into several languages. It offers a critical proposal that it claims is a practical approach to reconstructing modern society to promote a more productive and equitable life based on three core ideas:

a universal basic income paid to everybody
a short working week of fifteen hours
open borders worldwide with the free movement of citizens between all states

^ Rutger Bregman (2017-03-14). Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World. Little, Brown and Company/Hachette Book Group USA. ISBN 978-0316471893.
^ Harford, Tim (March 9, 2018). "Rutger Bregman: 'Basic income is all about the freedom to say no'". Financial Times. Retrieved February 21, 2019.

[1] Rutger Bregman (2017-03-14). Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World. Little, Brown and Company/Hachette Book Group USA. ISBN 978-0316471893.

[2] Harford, Tim (March 9, 2018). "Rutger Bregman: 'Basic income is all about the freedom to say no'". Financial Times. Retrieved February 21, 2019.

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