{"product_id":"utopia-for-realists-9781408893210","title":"Utopia for Realists","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this\u003cb\u003e surprising, accessible and often counterintuitive\u003c\/b\u003e book Bregman explores some \u003cb\u003ebrilliant but simple\u003c\/b\u003e ideas for making a better world -- Brian Eno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a Read Now book\u003c\/b\u003e. Nothing dystopian about this one: a practical set of ideas for how the next generation can do better -- Jeanette Winterson\u003cbr\u003eIf you're bored with hackneyed debates, decades-old right-wing and left-wing clichés, you may enjoy the \u003cb\u003ebold thinking, fresh ideas,\u003c\/b\u003e lively prose, and evidence-based arguments in \u003ci\u003eUtopia for Realists\u003c\/i\u003e -- Steven Pinker, author of 'The Language Instinct'\u003cbr\u003eThis is \u003cb\u003ea book stuffed full of ideas, presented persuasively and pithily\u003c\/b\u003e, but it is also just a part of the new zeitgeist – which is why it is \u003cb\u003eone for today’s dreamers and tomorrow’s realists\u003c\/b\u003e -- Danny Dorling * Times Higher Educational Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRutger Bregman is the most exciting radical thinker of my generation\u003c\/b\u003e. If you read him and you aren’t thrilled, mentally expanded, and infused with hope, call for the undertaker - I suspect you’ve died. Oh - and did I mention he is a beautiful writer too? -- Johann Hari, Sunday Times bestselling-author of 'Lost Connections'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eListen out for Rutger Bregman. He has a big future shaping the future\u003c\/b\u003e -- Andrew Anthony * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Dutch wunderkind of new ideas\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn excellent read \u003c\/b\u003eand full of well-told stories and details I didn’t know -- Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you’re fed up with moaning, you owe it to yourself to read this book\u003c\/b\u003e * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eIf energy, enthusiasm and aphorism could make the world better, then Rutger Bregman’s book would do it ... The writing is \u003cb\u003epowerful and fluen\u003c\/b\u003et ... A boisterously good read * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eIt’s a wonderful, well-written book, easily the crispest and least dry explanation of the research and history behind basic income as an idea I’ve seen in print. The sixth chapter, on the bizarre history of Richard Nixon’s 1970 plan for a negative income tax, is worth the price of admission alone * Vox *\u003cbr\u003eI was \u003cb\u003emoved and convinced\u003c\/b\u003e by Bregman saying we might not achieve Utopia but could find solace in working towards a fairer world ... This book is \u003cb\u003eenergetic, passionate and rigorously intelligent\u003c\/b\u003e. His commonsensical ideas deserve to be gratefully welcomed -- Jake Kerridge * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003eYou may not dream the same dreams as Bregman – but he invites you to take dreaming seriously. For that alone, this book is worth a read -- Will Hutton * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliant, comprehensive, truly enlightening, and eminently \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ereadabl\u003c\/b\u003ee Obligatory reading for everyone worried about the wrongs of present-day society and wishing to contribute to their cure -- Zygmunt Bauman, Professor Emeritus of Leeds University and one of the world's most eminent social theorists\u003cbr\u003eA wonderfully readable breath of fresh air,\u003cb\u003e a window thrown open to a better future\u003c\/b\u003e ... Bregman combines deep research with wit, challenging us to think anew about how we want to live and who we want to be.\u003cb\u003e Required reading\u003c\/b\u003e -- Philipp Blomm, author of 'The Vertigo Years'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuperbly written, upbeat, insightful\u003c\/b\u003e -- Philippe van Parijs, Harvard University professor and co-founder of the Basic Income Earth Network\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you'd like to see a fairer world but don't know how to get there, this book is for you.\u003c\/b\u003e Bregman brilliantly shows how ideas commonly dismissed as utopian are eminently possible, indeed have almost happened -- Ben Rawlence, Ben Rawlence, author of 'City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp'\u003cbr\u003eBregman shows us we’ve been looking at the world inside out. Turned right way out we suddenly see fundamentally new ways forward. If we can get enough people to read this book, the world will start to become a better place -- Richard Wilkinson, co-author of The Spirit Level\u003cbr\u003eA boisterously good read -- John Rentoul * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eRutger Bregman makes a compelling case for Universal Basic Income with a wealth of data and rooted in a keen understanding of the political and intellectual history of capitalism. He shows the many ways in which human progress has turned a Utopia into a Eutopia – a positive future that we can achieve with the right policies -- Albert Wenger, entrepreneur and partner at Union Square Ventures, early backers of Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, Etsy and Kickstarter\u003cbr\u003eThe impact of this book in the Netherlands has been huge. Not only did Rutger Bregman launch a highly successful and long-running debate in the media, he also inspired a movement across the country that is putting his ideas into practice. Now it’s time for the rest of the world -- Joris Luyendijk, author of Swimming with Sharks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI loved it \u003c\/b\u003e… Bregman takes an idea you think sounds daft and does a brilliant job of persuading you it isn’t daft at all -- James Rebanks, author of 'The Shepherd’s Life'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wonderful call to utopian thinkin\u003c\/b\u003eg around incomes and the workweek, \u003cb\u003eand a welcome antidote to the pessimism\u003c\/b\u003e surrounding robots taking our jobs -- Charles Kenny, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and author of The Upside of Down\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold call for utopian thinking\u003c\/b\u003e … Highly recommended! -- Nick Srnicek, co-author of Inventing the Future\u003cbr\u003eA short, sharp big ideas book set to make waves * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003eSuperbly written, upbeat, insightful -- Philippe van Parijs, Harvard University professor and co-founder of the Basic Income Earth Network\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUtopia for Realists is tipped to be a bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e in English as it was in its original Dutch -- Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBregman writes with energy, verve and panache\u003c\/b\u003e … \u003ci\u003eUtopia for Realists\u003c\/i\u003e will probably be a terrific hit -- Ian Martin * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eBregman has many \u003cb\u003etightly-spun arguments, case studies, and statistics\u003c\/b\u003e … He treats his topic with \u003cb\u003ean accessible style and touch of humour\u003c\/b\u003e * Western Mail *\u003cbr\u003eBregman’s book is breezy, wide-ranging\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand littered with interesting examples and research. \u003cb\u003eIt has something of the flavour of \u003ci\u003eFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnergetic, passionate and rigorously intelligent\u003c\/b\u003e. His commonsensical ideas deserve to be gratefully welcomed * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cb\u003e brilliantly\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewritten page-turner\u003c\/b\u003e. It goes into \u003cb\u003eserious depth\u003c\/b\u003e, without ever feeling dense, as it weaves its way through the challenges we face and onto proposals for doing things differently -- Caroline Lucas * Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFantastic\u003c\/b\u003e… Bregman will help you raise your spirits and banish your Brexit blues * The National *\u003cbr\u003eThe questions that Bregman poses must be addressed, and urgently * The New Scientist *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408026411351,"sku":"9781408893210","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408893210.jpg?v=1730501313","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/utopia-for-realists-9781408893210","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}