Bregman argues that with the unprecedented wealth and technological capacity available today, society should rethink its guiding assumptions by embracing three radical yet historically grounded reforms: universal basic income, a 15-hour workweek, and open borders. He presents compelling case studies – such as Canada’s 1970s income experiment, which eliminated poverty and improved health and schooling outcomes, and trials of shortened workweeks showing increased well-being and productivity to demonstrate real world feasibility. Bregman contends that these ideas aren’t utopian fantasy but common sense policies that would reduce poverty, enhance life quality, and dramatically expand global prosperity while challenging entrenched orthodoxies about work, immigration, and social welfare. Ultimately, the book is a manifesto urging us to reclaim utopian thinking as a political and more necessity.