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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 …

Review of 'Utopia for realists' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Good source of ideas, but the pros, cons, and challenges aren’t weighed equally. Reduced workweeks, UBI, AI, and poverty relief are summarized fine as possibilities.

The last idea, a short chapter on open borders, is not. It’s irresponsible to vaguely advocate for open global borders and cite pure economic incentive without discussing any other major challenges. Four arguments (job market, wages, motivation, and eventual departure) are given only a paragraph each, and the European Migrant Crisis isn’t mentioned at all. Most of the chapters could use more realism.