180 Quotes by Rutger Bregman

Poverty is not a lack of character. Poverty is a lack of cash.

Societies tend to presume that poor people are unable to handle money. If they had any, people reason, the poor and homeless would probably spend it on fast food and cheap beer, not on fruit or education.

Countries with short workweeks consistently top gender' equality rankings. The central issue is achieving a more equitable distribution of work.

We like to think that people have to work for their money.

A world where wages no longer rise still needs consumers. Middle-class purchasing power has been maintained through loans, loans and more loans. The Calvinistic reflex that you have to work for your money has turned into a license for inequality.

No one is suggesting societies the world over should implement an expensive basic income system in one stroke.

One of the basic lessons of history is that things can be different.

I think it's rational to assume the best in other people because most people are pretty decent.

So I think that good journalism helps you to zoom out, to focus on the structural forces that govern our lives. And I think that good journalism is also not only about the problems, but also about the solutions, and the people who are working on these solutions.