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Rutger Bregman: Utopia for realists (2017) 4 stars

"A noted Dutch journalist and economist proposes an outline for a new worldwide Utopia, with …

It's a little bit 'theory for liberals' in its wording and delivery, but to be honest I enjoy it. Yes it goes on about how capitalism has delivered development (Marx would agree), and yes it seems to uncritically look at capitalism not needing to be curtailed past UBI (as for now in the book), but honestly it's all very good stuff. I would like to see more written on access to cultural capital etc, but perhaps I am mistaken and it is all literally people needing more money.

Very readable, very good format (especially as it is a translation from Dutch to English) and very interesting read thus far.