Rutger C. Bregman (1988) er en nederlandsk historiker og forfatter. Bregman tok sin bachelorgrad i historie ved Universitetet i Utrecht i 2009. Mastergraden i historie tok Bregman i 2012, dels i Utrecht og dels ved University of California, Los Angeles
«Our day-to-day reality – life expectancy, health, wealth, and education – was considered unrealistic and utopian in the eighteenth century. So, what’s next? Rutger Bregman, Dutch historian and author, explores how utopian ideals like a basic living income and a fifteen-hour work week could become a reality in our lifetime.
Universal Basic Income is not communism, it is common sense, and poverty is not the result of a lack of character, but a lack of cash.«
Det ble testet i USA på 70-tallet, selv Nixon var for, men demokratene stoppet det fordi de synes satsene var for lave. Etter et forsøk i Seattle i 1979, der skilsmissene tilsynelatende økte voldsomt mistet de konservative sansen for forslaget.