A worldwide shift to a shorter working week could cut the CO2 emitted this century by half. Countries with a shorter working… — Rutger Bregman Could Copy Share Image
A world where wages no longer rise still needs consumers. Middle-class purchasing power has been maintained through loans, loans and more loans.… — Rutger Bregman Inequality Copy Share Image
The most daunting challenges of our times, from climate change to the ageing population, demand an entrepreneurial state unafraid to take a… — Rutger Bregman Challenges Copy Share Image
“In his 1971 State of the Union address, Nixon considered his plan to “place a floor under the income of every family… — Rutger Bregman Family Copy Share Image
A Dutchman can't easily get away from cheese. I was dropped into a cauldron of cheese when I was young. — Rutger Bregman Away Copy Share Image
No one is suggesting societies the world over should implement an expensive basic income system in one stroke. — Rutger Bregman Expensive Copy Share Image
“The great milestones of civilization always have the whiff of utopia about them at first. According to renowned sociologist Albert Hirschman, utopias… — Rutger Bregman Long ago Copy Share Image
Since long workdays lead to more errors, shorter workdays could reduce accidents. Overtime is deadly. Tired surgeons have been found to be… — Rutger Bregman Accidents Copy Share Image
Private companies mostly manufacture medications that resemble what we've already got. They get it patented and, with a hefty dose of marketing,… — Rutger Bregman Lawyers Copy Share Image
People are always yearning for a bigger story to be part of, it's not enough to live our own private lives. — Rutger Bregman Enough Copy Share Image
As a species of animal that evolved to make connections and work together, it feels strange to suppress our desire for contact.… — Rutger Bregman Desire Copy Share Image
“If it is true that ideas don’t change things gradually but in fits and starts – in shocks – then the basic… — Rutger Bregman Change things Copy Share Image
In the past 20 years scientists from very diverse disciplines - anthropologists, archaeologists, sociologists, psychologists - have all moved to a much… — Rutger Bregman Discipline Copy Share Image
“Even utopias need a tax clause. For example, we could start with a transactions tax to rein in the financial industry. Back… — Rutger Bregman Five years Copy Share Image
“Esther Duflo, a professor at MIT with a strong French accent, likens all this research on development aid to medieval bloodletting.6 The… — Rutger Bregman George w Copy Share Image
What the underdog socialist has forgotten is that the story of the left ought to be a narrative of hope and progress. — Rutger Bregman Hope Copy Share Image
Most people would say the meaning of life is to make the world a little more beautiful, or nicer, or more interesting.… — Rutger Bregman Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Of course, there’s no clear line between who creates wealth and who shifts it. Lots of jobs do both. There’s no denying… — Rutger Bregman Bright ideas Copy Share Image
There is certainly a longstanding idea within western culture that civilization is only a thin veneer. As soon as something happens, say… — Rutger Bregman Culture Copy Share Image
The real 'Lord of the Flies' is a tale of friendship and loyalty; one that illustrates how much stronger we are if… — Rutger Bregman Friendship Copy Share Image
I always eat bread and almost always peanut butter and apple syrup, sometimes cheese. I hardly ever ate out as a child.… — Rutger Bregman Apple Copy Share Image
Even if you don't care about the environment whatsoever, solar panels are really cool, and are an investment because they save money… — Rutger Bregman Cool Copy Share Image
This is what a crisis does: It makes you question the status quo. That doesn't mean that after a crisis we move… — Rutger Bregman Change Copy Share Image
“The modern creed – or worse, the belief that there’s nothing left to believe in – makes us blind to the shortsightedness… — Rutger Bregman Every day Copy Share Image
