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

Published: May 22, 2017, 3:06 p.m.

"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.