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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Today’s world ought to be paradise, yet we still feel oddly dissatisfied.
Chapter 3: Providing free cash to people is a surprisingly effective way to improve their lives.
Chapter 4: The time to introduce a Universal Basic Income has arrived.
Chapter 5: Gross domestic product is a warped, outdated measure of progress; it should be replaced now.
Chapter 6: We ought to embrace the many benefits of a 15-hour workweek.
Chapter 7: The way we prioritize which jobs are prestigious or well-paid is wrong.
Chapter 8: Our economy is fundamentally shifting, and technology poses a bigger threat to jobs than ever before.
Chapter 9: We can use taxation to redistribute wealth in the coming machine age, or else slide into even greater inequality.
Chapter 10: If we truly want to harness our wealth to build a utopia, we must throw open wide the world’s borders.
Description
Utopia for Realists (2016) is a call to arms for a radical rethinking of life, work and how society functions. It argues that the world enjoys unprecedented wealth and material comfort but is still full of problems, from soul-destroying jobs to inequality and poverty. We have the power to solve these problems and build a better future if we embrace utopian thinking.
Who Should Listen
- Blue-sky thinkers
- Socially engaged people who want to eradicate poverty
- Frustrated citizens who feel there must be a better way to organize our society and economy