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Rutger
Bregman

Historian, author

Rutger writes about: Economics, Philosophy, Society

Rutger Bregman is a historian and author. He has published five books on history, philosophy, and economics.

His books Humankind (2020) and Utopia for Realists (2017) were both New York Times Bestsellers and have been translated in more than 40 languages. Bregman has twice been nominated for the prestigious European Press Prize for his work at The Correspondent, an online platform for unbreaking news, committed to collaborative, constructive, ad-free journalism. He lives in Holland.

What seems unreasonable, unrealistic and impossible today can turn out to be inevitable tomorrow.

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