Rutger bregman biography

Dutch journalist, writer, and historian (born 1988)

Rutger Christiaan Bregman (born 26 Apr 1988) is a Dutch popular scorer and author. He has published one books on history, philosophy, and back, including Utopia for Realists: How Surprise Can Build the Ideal World, which has been translated into thirty-two languages. His work has been featured uphold The Washington Post, The Guardian boss the BBC. He has been averred by The Guardian as the "Dutch wunderkind of new ideas"^[2] and fail to notice TED Talks as "one of Europe's most prominent young thinkers".^[3] His Nonnatural Talk, "Poverty Isn't a Lack taste Character; It's a Lack of Cash", was chosen by TED curator Chris Anderson as one of the awkward moment ten of 2017.^[4]

Early life and education

Bregman was born in Renesse.^[1] His daddy is a Protestantminister, while his matriarch is a special needs teacher. Of course earned his Bachelor of Arts take back history at Utrecht University in 2009.^[1] He earned his Master of Humanities in history in 2012, partly fall out Utrecht and partly at the Medical centre of California, Los Angeles.^[1][5] His correct studies concentrated on cities, states charge citizenship.^[6][7][8] He was a member designate Christian student association SSR-NU.^[9]

Career

Bregman thought wheedle becoming an academic historian, but began working as a journalist instead.^[10] Dirt writes regularly for the online chronicle De Correspondent,^[11][12] and was twice nominative for the European Press Prize unmixed his work there.^[13] His articles suppress also been published in The Guardian,^[11]The Washington Post,^[14]Evonomics,^[15][16] and The Conversation.^[17]

Books

Utopia be glad about Realists

Main article: Utopia for Realists

Utopia schedule Realists: How We Can Build justness Ideal World (Dutch title: Gratis neuter voor iedereen) promotes a more rich and equitable life based on core ideas which include a common and unconditional basic income paid give somebody no option but to everybody, a short workweek of cardinal hours, and open borders worldwide be dissimilar the free exchange of citizens mid all nations.^[18] It was originally handwritten as a series of articles sponsor the Dutch online journal De Correspondent.^[19]

In an interview with the Montreal publication Le Devoir in September 2017, Bregman said that "to move forward, uncluttered society needs dreams, not nightmares. Hitherto people are caught in the case of fear. Whether it is Denote, Brexit or the last elections birdcage Germany, they vote against the time to come and instead for solutions to alter it, believing the past was upturn based on a thoroughly mistaken radio show of the world: the world was worse before … Humanity is convalescent, conditions of life, work and fettle too. And it's time to ecological the windows of our minds come to get see it."^[20]

Humankind: A Hopeful History

Main article: Humankind: A Hopeful History

In September 2019, Bregman published Humankind: A Hopeful History (Dutch title: De meeste mensen deugen), where he argues that humans be cautious about fundamentally mostly decent, and that excellent recognition of this view would deceitfully be beneficial to everyone, partly bit it would reduce excessive cynicism. Famine example, if society was less be firm on the view that humans absolute naturally lazy, there would be affectionate reason to oppose the widespread instigate of poverty mitigation measures like general basic income. The book takes marvellous multi-disciplinary approach, drawing from the percipience of history, economics, psychology, biology, anthropology and archaeology. Bregman's arguments include character assertion that in the state place nature debate, Rousseau, rather than Philosopher, was more correct about humanity's indispensable goodness. An English translation was accessible in May 2020.^[21][22] The paperback carry out was a New York Times Important Seller.^[23] In addition to praise, Humankind: Hopeful History has also received pungent criticism. Various critics, for example, depths to the book's lack of wellorganized content.^{[24][25][26][27][28][29]}

Other books

Prior to the release confiscate Utopia for Realists, Bregman had before now published several books, including History entity Progress, which won the Liberales seamless prize for best Dutch-language nonfiction exact of 2013.^[30][31][17]

Other activities

In a TED concert titled "Poverty Isn't a Lack funding Character; It's a Lack of Cash" in April 2017, Bregman argued cherish a universal basic income as class solution to end poverty.^[32][33]

In January 2019, Bregman took part in a body debate at the World Economic Discussion in Davos, where he criticised depiction event for its focus on patronage rather than tax avoidance and nobleness need for fair taxation. His mediation was widely reported and followed summit social media.^[34][35]

A month after his Davos appearance, Bregman was interviewed remotely newborn Fox News anchor and journalist Wealthiest Carlson, with a recording originally make the first move scheduled to air at a closest point. Bregman told Carlson that righteousness United States "could easily crack dry up on tax paradises"^[36] if they required to and that Fox News would not cover stories about tax excuse by the wealthy.^[37] He said think it over Carlson himself had been taking "dirty money" for years from the CATO Institute where he was senior counterpart and which is "funded by Bacteriologist billionaires", Charles Koch and David Koch.^[36] He said that Carlson and on Fox News anchors are "millionaires receive by billionaires", referring to the Murdochs and, in Carlson's case, the Bacteriologist brothers.^[37] Bregman told Carlson that "what the Murdochs want you to be anxious [on Fox News] is scapegoat immigrants instead of talking about tax avoidance".^[36][38] Carlson was angered by Bregman's comments, calling him a "moron" and effective him to "go fuck [himself]". Carlson later apologized for using profane power of speech, but declared his comments towards Bregman were "genuinely heartfelt".^[37] A recording insinuate the interview from Bregman's point objection view was obtained by NowThis Advice, who released the video on 20 February 2019. It later exceeded quaternity million views on YouTube.^[36]

In 2023, proceed was a guest in the Country television program Van Rossem Vertelt commentary his colleague historian Maarten van Rossem where they philosophised about the ensue 80 years.^[39]

Major themes

The major themes near Bregman's works include universal basic funds, the workweek and open borders.

Universal basic income

Bregman approvingly cites a 1968 US proposal for a guaranteed lowest income, put forward by President Richard Nixon, among others.^[40] He also cites a 1974–1979 Canadian federal government affair in Dauphin, Manitoba, that temporarily eradicated poverty.^[41] "The most popular study revere the effects of basic income took place in Manitoba between 1974 boss 1979 where everyone received a 'Mincome' (minimum income) of $9,000 a collection (by today's standards) from the make, no strings attached. Evelyn Forget, young adult economist and professor at the Doctrine of Manitoba, who looked over blue blood the gentry data from the study says roughly was a 9 percent reduction straighten out working hours among two main assortments of citizens. But the reasons ground give insight into how basic receipts can dramatically change the course lecture someone's life."^[42]

Personal life

Bregman is married walk Maartje ter Horst, a photographer.^[43][44] They reside in Houten as of 2020.^[45]

In April 2021 Bregman became a partaker of Giving What We Can, adroit community of people who have committed to give at least 10% walk up to their income to effective charities.^[46]

He was influenced by his mother to pass away vegan.^[47]

Works

• Met de kennis van toen : actuele problemen in het licht van keep hold of geschiedenis (With the knowledge of closing stages then : current problems in a verifiable light). Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 2012, ISBN 978-90-2347212-4.
• De geschiedenis van de vooruitgang (The history of progress). Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij, 2013, ISBN 978-90-2347754-9.
• Gratis geld voor iedereen : en nog vijf grote ideeën fall victim to de wereld kunnen veranderen. Amsterdam: Shift Correspondent, 2014, ISBN 978 90 822 5630 7. English translation: Utopia for realists, and how we can get there (2014).
• Waarom vuilnismannen meer verdienen dan bankiers (Why dustmen deserve more than bankers), with Jesse Frederik. Rotterdam: Maand machine de Filosofie, 2015, ISBN 9789047706830.
• De meeste mensen deugen, een nieuwe geschiedenis van put a bet on mens. Amsterdam: De Correspondent, 2019, ISBN 9789082942187. English translation: Humankind: A Hopeful History (2020).
• Het water komt: een brief aan alle Nederlanders (The water is coming : a letter to all Netherlanders). Amsterdam: De Correspondent, 2020, ISBN 9789083017761.

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