Rutger Bregman - "Utopia for Realists" and Big Ideas for an Equitable Economy

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🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Historian and "Utopia for Realists" author Rutger Bregman makes the case for improving society by taxing the rich and providing a universal basic income. Originally aired March 2019.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:02.6	BAM!
0:03.6	Welcome to the show.
0:06.2	It's great to be here.
0:07.8	A few months ago, for many people,
0:09.8	your name did not exist in their minds at all in any way,
0:13.6	and now you are a superstar,
0:16.4	especially for many young people,
0:17.8	because of your views in and around texts
0:20.2	and the super wealthy around the world.
0:22.6	How did you come to this from what you do?
0:25.6	Because you're a historian.
0:27.0	Yeah, yeah.
0:27.8	In fact, you are a Dutch historian.
0:29.1	I'm a Dutch historian.
0:30.3	That's how everyone refers to the Dutch historian.
0:32.6	I think, you know, I'm really part of a much wider movement,
0:35.8	you know, a whole new generation
0:37.6	that thinks that we need to move on to new ideas.
0:40.9	And basically, that we realize that we need a massive transformation
0:43.9	of our economy, so.
0:45.2	And I was just in a place at the World Economic Forum,
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