Faith Quote by Rutger Bregman

“If all the developed countries would let in just 3% more immigrants, the world’s poor would have $305 billion more to spend, say scientists…

— Rutger Bregman

“When Lehman Brothers collapsed on September 15, 2008, and inaugurated the biggest crisis since the 1930s, there were no real alternatives to hand. No…

— Rutger Bregman

I think one of the most important facts of basic income would be that it's not only a redistribution of income, but also of…

— Rutger Bregman

The great thing about money is that people can use it to buy things they need instead of things self-appointed experts think they need.

— Rutger Bregman

“The idea that the GDP still serves as an accurate gauge of social welfare is one of the most widespread myths of our times.…

— Rutger Bregman

Most of Mark Zuckerberg's income is just rent collected off the millions of picture and video posts that we give away daily for free.…

— Rutger Bregman

“To calculate the GDP, numerous data points have to be linked together and hundreds of wholly subjective choices made regarding what to count and…

— Rutger Bregman

“Countless studies have shown that people who work less are more satisfied with their lives.37 In a recent poll conducted among working women, German…

— Rutger Bregman

“Precisely when we should be shouldering the historic task of investing this rich, safe, and healthy existence with meaning, we’ve buried utopia instead. There’s…

— Rutger Bregman

Poor people aren't making dumb decisions because they are dumb, but because they're living in a context in which anyone would make dumb decisions.

— Rutger Bregman

“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 just as…

— Rutger Bregman

“Recently, the International Monetary Fund published a report which revealed that too much inequality even inhibits economic growth.22 Perhaps the most fascinating finding, however,…

— Rutger Bregman