"Ideas can and do change the world," says historian Rutger Bregman, sharing his case for a provocative one: guaranteed basic income. Learn more about the idea's 500-year history and a forgotten modern experiment where it actually worked -- and imagine how much energy and talent we would unleash if we got rid of poverty once and for all.

Poverty isn't a lack of character; it's a lack of cash | Rutger Bregman

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Poverty isn't a lack of character; it's a lack of cash | Rutger Bregman

Poverty isn't a lack of character; it's a lack of cash | Rutger Bregman