Rutger Bregman is one of Europe's most prominent young thinkers and has published four books on history, philosophy and economics. His History of Progress was awarded the Belgian Liberales prize for best non-fiction book of 2013 and he has twice been nominated for the prestigious European Press Prize at The Correspondent. The Dutch edition of Utopia for Realists became a national bestseller and sparked a basic income movement that soon made international headlines. He has contributed to the Washington Post, the Guardian and the BBC.