“If all the developed countries would let in just 3% more immigrants, the world’s poor would have $305 billion more to spend,… — Rutger Bregman Immigration Copy Share Image
“When Lehman Brothers collapsed on September 15, 2008, and inaugurated the biggest crisis since the 1930s, there were no real alternatives to… — Rutger Bregman Every day Copy Share Image
I think one of the most important facts of basic income would be that it's not only a redistribution of income, but… — Rutger Bregman Facts Copy Share Image
The great thing about money is that people can use it to buy things they need instead of things self-appointed experts think… — Rutger Bregman Great Copy Share Image
“The idea that the GDP still serves as an accurate gauge of social welfare is one of the most widespread myths of… — Rutger Bregman Hard to believe Copy Share Image
Most of Mark Zuckerberg's income is just rent collected off the millions of picture and video posts that we give away daily… — Rutger Bregman Daily Copy Share Image
“To calculate the GDP, numerous data points have to be linked together and hundreds of wholly subjective choices made regarding what to… — Rutger Bregman Free time Copy Share Image
“Countless studies have shown that people who work less are more satisfied with their lives.37 In a recent poll conducted among working… — Rutger Bregman Perfect day Copy Share Image
“Precisely when we should be shouldering the historic task of investing this rich, safe, and healthy existence with meaning, we’ve buried utopia… — Rutger Bregman Better world Copy Share Image
Believing in the good of humanity is a revolutionary act - it means that we don't need all those managers and CEO's,… — Rutger Bregman Faith Copy Share Image
Poor people aren't making dumb decisions because they are dumb, but because they're living in a context in which anyone would make… — Rutger Bregman Context Copy Share Image
“The bottom line is that wealth can be concentrated somewhere, but that doesn’t also mean that’s where it’s being created. This is… — Rutger Bregman Bottom line Copy Share Image
“Recently, the International Monetary Fund published a report which revealed that too much inequality even inhibits economic growth.22 Perhaps the most fascinating… — Rutger Bregman Economic growth Copy Share Image
“Not coincidentally, the countries with the shortest workweeks also have the largest number of volunteers and the most social capital.” — Rutger Bregman Social capital Copy Share Image
It matters so much that from a very early age we encounter different kinds of different people, because that's what real life… — Rutger Bregman Age Copy Share Image
True innovation takes at least 10 to 15 years, whereas the longest that private venture capitalists are routinely willing to wait is… — Rutger Bregman Five years Copy Share Image
We'll all remember 2020 as an historic year. And for decades, people will be able to say, remember 2020. Remember when things… — Rutger Bregman Generation Copy Share Image
Since the 70s and the 80s you see the rise of neoliberalism. The central dogma of neoliberalism was that most people are… — Rutger Bregman Government Copy Share Image
Research suggests that someone who is constantly drawing on their creative abilities can, on average, be productive for no more than six… — Rutger Bregman Average Copy Share Image
I first read 'Lord of the Flies' as a teenager. I remember feeling disillusioned afterwards, but not for a second did I… — Rutger Bregman Books Copy Share Image
But I think 'Love, Actually' has a very realistic view of human nature in line with the latest scientific evidence. The opening… — Rutger Bregman Character Copy Share Image
“The correlation between ethnic background and crime, it turns out, is precisely zero. None, nothing, nada. Youth crime, the report stated, has… — Rutger Bregman Crime Copy Share Image
New ideas rarely come from the moderate parties in The Hague or Washington, in Brussels or Westminster. The world's political centres are… — Rutger Bregman Change Copy Share Image
While it won't solve all the world's ills - and ideas such as a rent cap and more social housing are necessary… — Rutger Bregman Ideas Copy Share Image
I know that there are many excellent arguments for a universal form of basic income. Since everyone would get it, it would… — Rutger Bregman Dogs Copy Share Image
