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Historian. Author of 'Utopia for Realists'.

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    Jan 2

    So this is Rupert Murdoch reading my book on universal basic income, the 15-hour workweek, and open borders around the globe. I'm sure he'll love it.

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  2. 6 minutes ago

    Taxes, taxes, taxes, stupid.

    Pelosi on Medicare for all plan: "How do you pay for that?"
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  3. Feb 27

    Haha love this

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  4. Retweeted
    Feb 25

    Are we the most interesting museum out there ? No. Do we have the finest collection of objects detailing the human condition ? Nah, not quite. But do we get up, every day, and try to be the best we can be for the good people of the world ? Also no.

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  5. Retweeted
    Feb 26

    As a person who actually worked for tips & hourly wages in my life, instead of having to learn about it 2nd-hand, I can tell you that most people want to be paid enough to live. A living wage isn’t a gift, it’s a right. Workers are often paid far less than the value they create.

    Ivanka Trump goes after Ocasio-Cortez policies in Fox News Interview: "People want to work for what they get. So, I think that this idea of a guaranteed minimum is not something most people want."
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  6. Feb 26

    After the Swiss Leaks, Panama Papers, Paradise Papers etc., still manages to believe that ‘most billionaires comply with tax laws.’ Uh, HELLO??? estimated that 7.6. TRILLION is held offshore by the super-rich. 80% not reported, which is simply criminal.

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  7. Feb 25

    7/ (You can find that paper here: )

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  8. Feb 25

    6/ “to reallocate talented individuals from professions that cause negative externalities to those that cause positive externalities.” 
In plain English: Higher taxes would get more people to do work that’s useful.

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  9. Feb 25

    5/ Conversely, for every dollar a researcher earns, a value of at least $5 – and often much more – is pumped back into the economy. Higher taxes for top earners would serve, in Harvard science-speak:

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  10. Feb 25

    4/ The upshot is that we’ve all gotten poorer. For every dollar a bank earns, an estimated equivalent of 60 cents is destroyed elsewhere in the economic chain.

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  11. Feb 25

    3/ Whereas in 1970 twice as many male Harvard grads were still opting for a life devoted to research over banking, twenty years later the balance had flipped, with one and a half times as many alumni employed in finance.

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  12. Feb 25

    2/ From my book: “A study conducted at Harvard found that Reagan-era tax cuts sparked a mass career switch among the country’s brightest minds, from teachers and engineers to bankers and accountants.

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  13. Feb 25

    1/ Here's the most important reason why we need to soak the rich: society’s biggest freeloaders are at the top.

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  14. Feb 25

    Didn't expect two years ago that my publisher would create a visual like this to promote my book. But it's not bad, is it? TAXES, TAXES, TAXES!

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  15. Retweeted
    Feb 25

    127 follow-up articles, over 15 million views across platforms, and one apology from . This is the impact of sharing your story with

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    Fox News is refusing to air this segment where Tucker Carlson loses his temper after guest tells Carlson he's 'a millionaire funded by billionaires' during a blunt conversation about economic inequality. NowThis obtained the full interview.
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  16. Feb 22

    Same is true in the UK, where even Conservatives Party supporters 'think the Government should increase taxes and spending on public services.'

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  17. Feb 22

    Another fact that and other Fox News pundits just can’t handle: vast majority of Americans, including Republicans, is in favor of common sense policies like Medicare-for-all, universal child care etc.

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    Tucker Carlson says government sponsored daycare is a nefarious Democratic plot to increase immigration
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  18. Feb 21

    Maybe Rupert could give his copy of my book to Tucker now, I’m sure he’ll love it as well.

    So this is Rupert Murdoch reading my book on universal basic income, the 15-hour workweek, and open borders around the globe. I'm sure he'll love it.
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    Feb 4

    70 percent top marginal tax rate for income over $10 million? 'YES!', say most people. 2 percent wealth tax for households worth at least $50 million? 'YES!' say most people, *including* Republicans. This is not about left versus right. It's about plutocracy versus democracy.

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  20. Retweeted
    Feb 20

    1/ Here’s the interview that and Fox News didn’t want you to see. I chose to release it, because I think we should keep talking about the corrupting influence of money in politics. It also shows how angry elites can get if you do that.

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    Watch Fox News host Tucker Carlson call one of his guests a 'tiny brain...moron' during an interview. NowThis has obtained the full segment with historian Rutger Bregman that Fox News is refusing to air.
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  21. Feb 20

    If anyone wonders who funds my work, that's The Correspondent. A grassroots, reader-funded platform for investigative journalism. Will start publishing in English in September of this year.

    “You are a millionaire funded by billionaires, that’s what you are... You’re part of the problem,” historian Rutger Bregman can be heard saying of Tucker Carlson in a NowThis video.
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