EP 116. MONEY! FREE MONEY FOR ALL!

Why is politics so partisan? Why is policy so dull? Why is the Left so bereft? And why isn't the government dropping cash out of helicopters? One man who thinks it should is the rockstar writer Rutger Bregman, a baby-faced Dutchman who's become the global champion of a Universal Basic Income (that is: the government giving you free money). Rutger and Josh wrestle with a number of his audacious ideas: a 15-hour work week, the robot revolution, whether you're wasting your life on a meaningless job, and how you could focus on bigger stuff. Rutger's book is "Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World". Tune in, humans, to inhale the sweet, sweet nectar of audacious ideas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices