Title:
Utopia for realists : how we can build the ideal world
Author:
Added Author:
Edition:
First North American edition.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2017]
Physical Description:
319 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9780316471893
Abstract:
"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"-- NoveList.
General Note:
Translation of: Gratis geld voor iedereen.
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.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
Translated from the Dutch.
