A universal and unconditional basic income paid to everybody.Gross domestic product: GDP is criticized as a popular indicator to measure economic progress.įinally, the author proposes three recommendations (utopia) to rebuilt modern society and promote a more productive and equitable life:.Bregman mentions that 37% of British workers believe that their jobs are worthless and have no value to society “Bullshit” jobs: Bregman cites David Graeber’s work on the existence and societal harm of meaningless jobs.In the latter case, the city was on its knees after few days of strike, while in Ireland, the country continued to function normally over several months during the strike. Wages not reflecting the value of the work: Bregman cites the social effects of strikes of bankers in Ireland and garbage men in New York City in the 60s and 70s.Raising inequalities : He is in line with the ideas of Thomas Picketty ( cf.The book starts with highlighting the benefits of free trade and globalization in terms of economic prosperity and social progress in the last 200 years: life expectancies, technological advances, military conflicts at historic lows, unprecedented levels of wealth …Then, Bregman presents the flaws within the existing deregulated neoliberal economic model, such as : Originally written as a series of articles in Dutch, the book has been published in several languages. Utopia for Realists is a book by Dutch historian Rutger Bregman.
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