Rutger Bregman is a historian and journalist and one of Europe’s most prominent young thinkers. He became known worldwide in 2019 with his angry speech against the business leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Handelsblatt calls him an anti-establishment star.

After studying history at the University of Utrecht and the University of California, Bregman worked as a journalist. He writes for the “Washington Post”, the BBC and for Dutch media, produces a successful podcast and his books have become bestsellers.

In “Utopia for Realists”, he calls for open borders, an unconditional basic income and a 15-hour working week. In his latest book “Im Grunde gut” (Basically good), he explores the nature of man, who he believes is fundamentally good.

Bregman has already been nominated twice for the prestigious European Press Prize. Rutger Bregman’s ideas for improving the world are innovative and courageous and give his readers as well as his listeners hope for the future.