


This guide to a revolutionary yet achievable utopia is supported by multiple studies, lively anecdotes and numerous success stories. New utopian ideas such as universal basic income and a 15-hour work week can become reality in our lifetime. Every milestone of civilization - from the end of slavery to the beginning of democracy - was once considered a utopian fantasy. Rutger Bregman, a bestselling Dutch historian, explains that it needn't be this way.īregman shows that we can construct a society with visionary ideas that are, in fact, wholly implementable. 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.
