– Finally, I’d be interested in learning more about the ideas presented in the book you reviewed. I’m not sure if the book you reviewed touches on this, but here is a short article that summarizes some of these arguments: – There is at least some research that suggests a universal basic income could actually fuel economic growth and be good for private enterprise. Redistributive policies aren’t necessarily a reflection of government curtailing liberty, and they’re certainly not equivalent to forcing people into gulags/concentration camps. Of course, there’s also lots of people that disagree with these statements, but my point is that a democracy involves negotiating different perspectives on social arrangements, with tradeoffs on all side. And there are some people that simply support more re-distributive policies out of a belief that this is just a fairer social arrangement. out of a view that rising inequality in Western societies is fuelling a populist backlash that might threaten the institutions that currently enable economic growth (e.g. Some people may support higher taxation from a self-interested perspective, e.g. from the defense budget to social services, or vice versa). For example, perhaps the overall level of taxation doesn’t change, but people and their representatives decide to re-allocate money to different priorities (e.g. I think there are other social arrangements through which societies decide how to allocate money. However, I think your jump to comparing this to lost liberty and gulag/concentration camps is extreme. – I agree with your take that money for social services needs to come from somewhere, and usually from a country’s taxpayers. I had a couple comments/questions on your review: Thanks for the review! This book has been on my reading list and I’m curious to read it myself. As always if you have any questions or comments don’t hesitate to contact me in private by heading over to the Contact Me page, or just commenting below. I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. I would give it a 7 out of ten (ten being the best) mainly because of his writing style. I loved reading it even though I obviously don’t agree with him. If you want to get money to people in Africa than great but don’t force others to do that against their will. I know that sounds harsh but that how life goes. If private individuals want to give people in Africa jobs then that’s wonderful but leave government out of it. The best way to protect someone’s liberty is through a capitalistic, limited government standpoint. When you lose your liberty through government force it is no different from Stalin’s Gulags or Hitler’s concentration camps. When you are forced to do something you lose your liberty. And the only way the government can force people to pay is through force. Someone has to end up paying and that person would be the average taxpayer. However, you can only achieve that through government force. His ideas only make sense when you look at his goal: Utopia. In his book Utopia For Realists, he lays out his ideas for Rutger Bregman is a journalist at The Correspondent. This is a review of Rutger Bregman’s book Utopia for Realists.
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