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Following the discussion about #WealthTaxes in Gary Stevenson - https://www.channel4.com/press/news/how-get-filthy-rich-gary-stevenson-fronts-new-channel-4-documentary-inequality
(tomorrow on Channel 4 and Sunday on Youtube)...And many other people's work in #inequality
I was wondering what people feel about Ingrid Robeyns‘ #limitarianism : The Case Against Extreme Wealth...
Thoughts about a cap on how much one person can own being 10 million maximum? (gbp, eur, usd, or equivalent in your own local currancy)
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Following the discussion about #WealthTaxes in Gary Stevenson - https://www.channel4.com/press/news/how-get-filthy-rich-gary-stevenson-fronts-new-channel-4-documentary-inequality
(tomorrow on Channel 4 and Sunday on Youtube)...And many other people's work in #inequality
I was wondering what people feel about Ingrid Robeyns‘ #limitarianism : The Case Against Extreme Wealth...
Thoughts about a cap on how much one person can own being 10 million maximum? (gbp, eur, usd, or equivalent in your own local currancy)
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>> ...we need a paradigm shift when it comes to thinking about the negative effects of extreme wealth concentration. <<
Image: REUTERS/Nathan Howard
#ElonMusk #IngridRobeyns #ExtremeWealth #Limitarianism #IngridRobeyns #Plutocracy #Oligarchy #DistributiveJustice #Politics
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>> ...we need a paradigm shift when it comes to thinking about the negative effects of extreme wealth concentration. <<
Image: REUTERS/Nathan Howard
#ElonMusk #IngridRobeyns #ExtremeWealth #Limitarianism #IngridRobeyns #Plutocracy #Oligarchy #DistributiveJustice #Politics
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>> ...we need a paradigm shift when it comes to thinking about the negative effects of extreme wealth concentration. <<
Image: REUTERS/Nathan Howard
#ElonMusk #IngridRobeyns #ExtremeWealth #Limitarianism #IngridRobeyns #Plutocracy #Oligarchy #DistributiveJustice #Politics
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>> ...we need a paradigm shift when it comes to thinking about the negative effects of extreme wealth concentration. <<
Image: REUTERS/Nathan Howard
#ElonMusk #IngridRobeyns #ExtremeWealth #Limitarianism #IngridRobeyns #Plutocracy #Oligarchy #DistributiveJustice #Politics
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>> ...we need a paradigm shift when it comes to thinking about the negative effects of extreme wealth concentration. <<
Image: REUTERS/Nathan Howard
#ElonMusk #IngridRobeyns #ExtremeWealth #Limitarianism #IngridRobeyns #Plutocracy #Oligarchy #DistributiveJustice #Politics
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In 2025, the ONS said that median household disposable income in the UK in 2024 was £36,700. By “disposable income” I presume they effectively mean after tax.
In 2024, there were 28.6 million households and 33.62 million employed people. So we might infer that the median earnings per employed person were £31,220.
Also in 2024, Prof. @ingridrobeyns made the #limitarianism case that, as the Guardian headline put it:
“No one should have more than €10m”
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/21/how-much-personal-wealth-is-enough-ingrid-robeyns-limitarianism -
In 2025, the ONS said that median household disposable income in the UK in 2024 was £36,700. By “disposable income” I presume they effectively mean after tax.
In 2024, there were 28.6 million households and 33.62 million employed people. So we might infer that the median earnings per employed person were £31,220.
Also in 2024, Prof. @ingridrobeyns made the #limitarianism case that, as the Guardian headline put it:
“No one should have more than €10m”
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/21/how-much-personal-wealth-is-enough-ingrid-robeyns-limitarianism -
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@AlisonCreekside/116262358371469034
#TaxTheRich out of existence. They are a clear and present danger to the survival of humanity.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Maxfieldripken/115407811819985195
Check out #limitarianism
“...another personal, ethical limit. That is at 1 million euros. So, for a family, it would be 2 or 4 million euros – ample to live a good life. Why should a person have to have more? The world is on fire and needs a lot of money to put out the fire. The richest possess a lot of money that they don’t need at all. So we should start getting our firewater from the super-rich. Only then from the middle class, and certainly not from the poor.”
https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/what-is-limitarianism-professor-ingrid-robeyns-explains
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Maxfieldripken/115407811819985195
Check out #limitarianism
“...another personal, ethical limit. That is at 1 million euros. So, for a family, it would be 2 or 4 million euros – ample to live a good life. Why should a person have to have more? The world is on fire and needs a lot of money to put out the fire. The richest possess a lot of money that they don’t need at all. So we should start getting our firewater from the super-rich. Only then from the middle class, and certainly not from the poor.”
https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/what-is-limitarianism-professor-ingrid-robeyns-explains
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@MaksiSanctum @GottaLaff
Exactly!
In Dec 2024 Musk owned 410.79 million tesla shares, let's round that down to 400M.
By buying shares for USD 1B his existing shares gained a value of USD 30 per share.
That is 30 x 400M = over USD 12B.
He may use that 12B as a collateral for a bank loan to cover the purchase of these new shares.
So the shares are practically free for him.Money makes money.
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"great people" = people good at making money, mainly for themselves but also a small group of others who don't need any more money.
This is the problem with thinking about the economy in terms of GDP: it masks extreme inequalities on which millions suffer.
#Taxation of the super-rich punishes greed not ability. Join the rally: 12 noon, 20 Sept, Portland Place to Westminster. #MakeThemPay
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"great people" = people good at making money, mainly for themselves but also a small group of others who don't need any more money.
This is the problem with thinking about the economy in terms of GDP: it masks extreme inequalities on which millions suffer.
#Taxation of the super-rich punishes greed not ability. Join the rally: 12 noon, 20 Sept, Portland Place to Westminster. #MakeThemPay
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@johnefrancis
I value industrial innovation in the private sector, just keep things within limits.In addition to your ideas, I'd like to see higher progressive income taxes at the top similar to what the US had in the 50s (Canada too? I can't find out) with 90+% marginal rates at the top, effectively limiting the ratio of income for the top relative to everyone else. I'd also like to see a real progressive wealth tax with safeguards against tax havens.
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@johnefrancis
I value industrial innovation in the private sector, just keep things within limits.In addition to your ideas, I'd like to see higher progressive income taxes at the top similar to what the US had in the 50s (Canada too? I can't find out) with 90+% marginal rates at the top, effectively limiting the ratio of income for the top relative to everyone else. I'd also like to see a real progressive wealth tax with safeguards against tax havens.
#limitarianism -
This comment on Ingrid Robeyns’ *Limitarianism* is a bit long and academic, but I needed to work it through. On first reading I misunderstood and thought the Ethical Limit was higher than the Riches Line. When I realised the mistake, I had to think hard about where the disagreement lay.
tl;dr = The inference from ‘X is good’ to ‘You ought to do X’ should be challenged. This will result in a less moralistic version of #Limitarianism but the same political conclusions.
https://listed.to/@24601/64583/limitarianism-the-ethical-line-and-moral-perfectionism
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This comment on Ingrid Robeyns’ *Limitarianism* is a bit long and academic, but I needed to work it through. On first reading I misunderstood and thought the Ethical Limit was higher than the Riches Line. When I realised the mistake, I had to think hard about where the disagreement lay.
tl;dr = The inference from ‘X is good’ to ‘You ought to do X’ should be challenged. This will result in a less moralistic version of #Limitarianism but the same political conclusions.
https://listed.to/@24601/64583/limitarianism-the-ethical-line-and-moral-perfectionism
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Putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth
Limitarianism, The Case Against Extreme Wealth, Ingrid Robeyns
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https://www.penguin.com.au/books/limitarianism-9781802060478Tax on the rich!
Can we still take five overseas holidays a year? Whither the lucky country!?!
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/jun/02/bad-news-the-communist-albanese-government-is-introducing-a-new-superannuation-tax-on-the-rich
#inequality #wealth #ExtremeWealth #limitarianism #limits #CommonGood #AffordableWayofLife #affordability #TaxonomicInequality -
Putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth
Limitarianism, The Case Against Extreme Wealth, Ingrid Robeyns
>>
https://www.penguin.com.au/books/limitarianism-9781802060478Tax on the rich!
Can we still take five overseas holidays a year? Whither the lucky country!?!
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/jun/02/bad-news-the-communist-albanese-government-is-introducing-a-new-superannuation-tax-on-the-rich
#inequality #wealth #ExtremeWealth #limitarianism #limits #CommonGood #AffordableWayofLife #affordability #TaxonomicInequality -
Putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth
Limitarianism, The Case Against Extreme Wealth, Ingrid Robeyns
>>
https://www.penguin.com.au/books/limitarianism-9781802060478Tax on the rich!
Can we still take five overseas holidays a year? Whither the lucky country!?!
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/jun/02/bad-news-the-communist-albanese-government-is-introducing-a-new-superannuation-tax-on-the-rich
#inequality #wealth #ExtremeWealth #limitarianism #limits #CommonGood #AffordableWayofLife #affordability #TaxonomicInequality -
Putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth
Limitarianism, The Case Against Extreme Wealth, Ingrid Robeyns
>>
https://www.penguin.com.au/books/limitarianism-9781802060478Tax on the rich!
Can we still take five overseas holidays a year? Whither the lucky country!?!
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/jun/02/bad-news-the-communist-albanese-government-is-introducing-a-new-superannuation-tax-on-the-rich
#inequality #wealth #ExtremeWealth #limitarianism #limits #CommonGood #AffordableWayofLife #affordability #TaxonomicInequality -
Putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth
Limitarianism, The Case Against Extreme Wealth, Ingrid Robeyns
>>
https://www.penguin.com.au/books/limitarianism-9781802060478Tax on the rich!
Can we still take five overseas holidays a year? Whither the lucky country!?!
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/jun/02/bad-news-the-communist-albanese-government-is-introducing-a-new-superannuation-tax-on-the-rich
#inequality #wealth #ExtremeWealth #limitarianism #limits #CommonGood #AffordableWayofLife #affordability #TaxonomicInequality -
Probably don't need to reiterate it on lefty Mastodon, but the #Trump tariffs are not so that the working class can get back something stolen from it by #globalization but so that the #rich & #oligarch class can avoid having what THEY have stolen reappropriated from them. #Protectionism may have a role in a just #economy but that isn't what this is about. It's dividing the international working class to stop it uniting against the super rich
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Probably don't need to reiterate it on lefty Mastodon, but the #Trump tariffs are not so that the working class can get back something stolen from it by #globalization but so that the #rich & #oligarch class can avoid having what THEY have stolen reappropriated from them. #Protectionism may have a role in a just #economy but that isn't what this is about. It's dividing the international working class to stop it uniting against the super rich
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@georgetakei Everyone needs a hobby. They can do what they want to be happy just like anyone else. But their wealth and income above a certain level, should be donated back to society, 100%. They have enough, they 'won' at the economic part of life, and now their succes can strengthen the society that offered them that opportunity, and help others live good lives as well. So no superyachts or private jets, but real contributions to a better world. #limitarianism
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🇦🇺AUS introduces bill to limit election donation spending by a single individual to $20,000: #Limitarianism
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A 20 minute speech to learn separate the main battle in society: billionaires vs non-billionaires.
The US government is putting up a smoke screen of side issues to cover that battle - terrifying acts and decrees - but side issues nonetheless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWf_b-_4uXg
Thanks #BernieSanders for your enlightening speech.
#WealthInequality is the main game. Not only in the US. Everywhere.
ToDo: Limit personal wealth.
I'll be reading #Limitarianism by @ingridrobeyns :
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/451473/limitarianism-by-robeyns-ingrid/9781802060478 -
@nrc_nl Niemand is selfmade, zeker miljonairs niet. Ze profiteren bijv. van een opleiding, een netwerk, een gezin, alles wat een samenleving hen biedt aan kansen, infrastructuur, arbeidsmarkt, etc. etc. Zonder gebruik en soms ook misbruik van anderen te maken, wordt niemand miljonair. Het is dan ook een verdienste van de maatschappij en de persoon samen. Een twijfelachtige verdienste: de samenleving bepaalt welk gedrag hoe beloond wordt. Maar moeten we dat in deze mate wel willen?#Limitarianism
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Q: 'How much is TOO much?' Netherlands' Economics Professor #IngridRobeyns, #UniversityUltrecht launches the global conversation in her new book, #LIMITARIANISM the Case Against Extreme Wealth (Allen Lane, 2024). 'The gross decadence of private wealth, the ultra-rich, has a devastating effect on poverty gaps, inequity, social cohesion and the environment', she argues. Limitless private billionaires are an economic question the World needs to tackle.
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Limitarianism: why we need to put a cap on the super-rich
Suppose you worked 50 hours a week between the ages of 20 and 65
– week in week out, year in year out
– ❓how much would your hourly wage need to be so that by the end you had amassed Musk’s wealth?The answer is: $1,871,794 per hour.
💥Almost two million dollars per hour. Every working hour for 45 years.
Elon Musk might be seen as exceptional, but there were 2,668 other billionaires on that Forbeslist.
Together they held $12,700,000,000,000.
Do you, like me, see all those zeros dancing before your eyes?
That’s because we don’t know how to take in that number.
On average the value of their assets is $4.75bn.
If we ask the same question again
– what’s the average lifetime hourly wage?
– we get $40,598 per hour, the equivalent to what many Americans hope to earn in a year.How much is too much?
When I started this research, 10 years ago, several of my colleagues
– professors in philosophy, economics and related disciplines
– were initially amused that I wanted to delve into this question.
Some argued that #poverty was what mattered, not #inequality.
A few felt that focusing on the rich was an indication of envy on my part.But I wasn’t alone.
Across various disciplines, scholars were starting to see that something was happening at the upper levels of society,
and we ought to pay attention.
I started to think through the #ethics of extreme wealth concentration in a systematic way,
and after a decade I became convinced that
👉we must create a world in which no one is super-rich
– that there must be a cap on the amount of wealth any one person can have.
❇️I call this #limitarianism.As a concept, limitarianism is simple.
But what does it mean in practice?My book endeavours to answer that question, but it can best be understood as a regulative ideal
– an outcome to strive for but which, like the eradication of poverty, is unlikely to be definitively achieved.In practical terms, limitarianism calls for three kinds of action.
♦️First there is #structural action. Our societies’ key social and economic institutions should give people genuinely equal opportunities, through ❇️affordable childcare, free high-quality education and a comprehensive anti-poverty strategy.
The more structural steps we take to reduce inequality, the less need there will be for the second strategy:♦️fiscal action.
If taxation were our only tool for achieving a limitarian society,
💥the tax rate would need to be set at 100% for wealth and income beyond a certain point
(spoiler alert: it is not the only tool).
Still, there is a very strong case for imposing a cap on extreme wealth.The third kind of action limitarianism calls for is
♦️ethical action: we all need to embrace a limitarian ethos.One objection to this might be that limiting how much wealth a person can accrue would require us to give up private property or the market mechanism, and force us into USSR-style communism.
Such an objection is nonsense,
and it’s probably just another attempt to silence meaningful criticism of the status quo.Markets are a very powerful tool for securing material welfare;
private property is a cornerstone of our security, autonomy and prosperity.The real question, which we must seek to answer, is rather which constraints on the market and private property we need if we are to achieve limitarianism.
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Limitarianism: why we need to put a cap on the super-rich
Suppose you worked 50 hours a week between the ages of 20 and 65
– week in week out, year in year out
– ❓how much would your hourly wage need to be so that by the end you had amassed Musk’s wealth?The answer is: $1,871,794 per hour.
💥Almost two million dollars per hour. Every working hour for 45 years.
Elon Musk might be seen as exceptional, but there were 2,668 other billionaires on that Forbeslist.
Together they held $12,700,000,000,000.
Do you, like me, see all those zeros dancing before your eyes?
That’s because we don’t know how to take in that number.
On average the value of their assets is $4.75bn.
If we ask the same question again
– what’s the average lifetime hourly wage?
– we get $40,598 per hour, the equivalent to what many Americans hope to earn in a year.How much is too much?
When I started this research, 10 years ago, several of my colleagues
– professors in philosophy, economics and related disciplines
– were initially amused that I wanted to delve into this question.
Some argued that #poverty was what mattered, not #inequality.
A few felt that focusing on the rich was an indication of envy on my part.But I wasn’t alone.
Across various disciplines, scholars were starting to see that something was happening at the upper levels of society,
and we ought to pay attention.
I started to think through the #ethics of extreme wealth concentration in a systematic way,
and after a decade I became convinced that
👉we must create a world in which no one is super-rich
– that there must be a cap on the amount of wealth any one person can have.
❇️I call this #limitarianism.As a concept, limitarianism is simple.
But what does it mean in practice?My book endeavours to answer that question, but it can best be understood as a regulative ideal
– an outcome to strive for but which, like the eradication of poverty, is unlikely to be definitively achieved.In practical terms, limitarianism calls for three kinds of action.
♦️First there is #structural action. Our societies’ key social and economic institutions should give people genuinely equal opportunities, through ❇️affordable childcare, free high-quality education and a comprehensive anti-poverty strategy.
The more structural steps we take to reduce inequality, the less need there will be for the second strategy:♦️fiscal action.
If taxation were our only tool for achieving a limitarian society,
💥the tax rate would need to be set at 100% for wealth and income beyond a certain point
(spoiler alert: it is not the only tool).
Still, there is a very strong case for imposing a cap on extreme wealth.The third kind of action limitarianism calls for is
♦️ethical action: we all need to embrace a limitarian ethos.One objection to this might be that limiting how much wealth a person can accrue would require us to give up private property or the market mechanism, and force us into USSR-style communism.
Such an objection is nonsense,
and it’s probably just another attempt to silence meaningful criticism of the status quo.Markets are a very powerful tool for securing material welfare;
private property is a cornerstone of our security, autonomy and prosperity.The real question, which we must seek to answer, is rather which constraints on the market and private property we need if we are to achieve limitarianism.
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CW: 📚 Hollandsk professor går til angreb på overdreven rigdom
À propos vækstmani:
> »I sin nye bog “Limitarianism – The Case Against Extreme Wealth” argumenterer den hollandske professor Ingrid Robeyns for, at vor tids største problem er, at nogen har for mange penge, og løsningen er at begrænse retten til, hvor stor ens private formue må være.«
Læs selv hele boganmeldelsen (læsetid: 8 min.):
🎁 https://www.information.dk/kultur/anmeldelse/2024/07/hollandsk-professor-gaar-angreb-paa-overdreven-rigdom?kupon=eyJpYXQiOjE3MjA4NTA3MjIsInN1YiI6IjQzNjAzMTo4MjIzNTQifQ.tYl-1ah33NAAECHd5ewHVg (gavelink: anmeldelsen kan læses uden abonnement)
#boganmeldelse
#demokrati
#direktørlønning
#egoisme
#fordeling
#formueakkumulation
#formuebegrænsning
#formuekoncentration
#gennemsnitslønning
#grådighed
#IngridRobeyns
#kapitalisme
#klimaeffekt
#Latipak
#limitarianism
#limitarianisme
#fredagsbog (forsinket)
#maksimumsløn
#omfordeling
#rigdom
#økonomi -
CW: 📚 Hollandsk professor går til angreb på overdreven rigdom
À propos vækstmani:
> »I sin nye bog “Limitarianism – The Case Against Extreme Wealth” argumenterer den hollandske professor Ingrid Robeyns for, at vor tids største problem er, at nogen har for mange penge, og løsningen er at begrænse retten til, hvor stor ens private formue må være.«
Læs selv hele boganmeldelsen (læsetid: 8 min.):
🎁 https://www.information.dk/kultur/anmeldelse/2024/07/hollandsk-professor-gaar-angreb-paa-overdreven-rigdom?kupon=eyJpYXQiOjE3MjA4NTA3MjIsInN1YiI6IjQzNjAzMTo4MjIzNTQifQ.tYl-1ah33NAAECHd5ewHVg (gavelink: anmeldelsen kan læses uden abonnement)
#boganmeldelse
#demokrati
#direktørlønning
#egoisme
#fordeling
#formueakkumulation
#formuebegrænsning
#formuekoncentration
#gennemsnitslønning
#grådighed
#IngridRobeyns
#kapitalisme
#klimaeffekt
#Latipak
#limitarianism
#limitarianisme
#fredagsbog (forsinket)
#maksimumsløn
#omfordeling
#rigdom
#økonomi -
CW: 📚 Hollandsk professor går til angreb på overdreven rigdom
À propos vækstmani:
> »I sin nye bog “Limitarianism – The Case Against Extreme Wealth” argumenterer den hollandske professor Ingrid Robeyns for, at vor tids største problem er, at nogen har for mange penge, og løsningen er at begrænse retten til, hvor stor ens private formue må være.«
Læs selv hele boganmeldelsen (læsetid: 8 min.):
🎁 https://www.information.dk/kultur/anmeldelse/2024/07/hollandsk-professor-gaar-angreb-paa-overdreven-rigdom?kupon=eyJpYXQiOjE3MjA4NTA3MjIsInN1YiI6IjQzNjAzMTo4MjIzNTQifQ.tYl-1ah33NAAECHd5ewHVg (gavelink: anmeldelsen kan læses uden abonnement)
#boganmeldelse
#demokrati
#direktørlønning
#egoisme
#fordeling
#formueakkumulation
#formuebegrænsning
#formuekoncentration
#gennemsnitslønning
#grådighed
#IngridRobeyns
#kapitalisme
#klimaeffekt
#Latipak
#limitarianism
#limitarianisme
#fredagsbog (forsinket)
#maksimumsløn
#omfordeling
#rigdom
#økonomi -
CW: 📚 Hollandsk professor går til angreb på overdreven rigdom
À propos vækstmani:
> »I sin nye bog “Limitarianism – The Case Against Extreme Wealth” argumenterer den hollandske professor Ingrid Robeyns for, at vor tids største problem er, at nogen har for mange penge, og løsningen er at begrænse retten til, hvor stor ens private formue må være.«
Læs selv hele boganmeldelsen (læsetid: 8 min.):
🎁 https://www.information.dk/kultur/anmeldelse/2024/07/hollandsk-professor-gaar-angreb-paa-overdreven-rigdom?kupon=eyJpYXQiOjE3MjA4NTA3MjIsInN1YiI6IjQzNjAzMTo4MjIzNTQifQ.tYl-1ah33NAAECHd5ewHVg (gavelink: anmeldelsen kan læses uden abonnement)
#boganmeldelse
#demokrati
#direktørlønning
#egoisme
#fordeling
#formueakkumulation
#formuebegrænsning
#formuekoncentration
#gennemsnitslønning
#grådighed
#IngridRobeyns
#kapitalisme
#klimaeffekt
#Latipak
#limitarianism
#limitarianisme
#fredagsbog (forsinket)
#maksimumsløn
#omfordeling
#rigdom
#økonomi -
CW: 📚 Hollandsk professor går til angreb på overdreven rigdom
À propos vækstmani:
> »I sin nye bog “Limitarianism – The Case Against Extreme Wealth” argumenterer den hollandske professor Ingrid Robeyns for, at vor tids største problem er, at nogen har for mange penge, og løsningen er at begrænse retten til, hvor stor ens private formue må være.«
Læs selv hele boganmeldelsen (læsetid: 8 min.):
🎁 https://www.information.dk/kultur/anmeldelse/2024/07/hollandsk-professor-gaar-angreb-paa-overdreven-rigdom?kupon=eyJpYXQiOjE3MjA4NTA3MjIsInN1YiI6IjQzNjAzMTo4MjIzNTQifQ.tYl-1ah33NAAECHd5ewHVg (gavelink: anmeldelsen kan læses uden abonnement)
#boganmeldelse
#demokrati
#direktørlønning
#egoisme
#fordeling
#formueakkumulation
#formuebegrænsning
#formuekoncentration
#gennemsnitslønning
#grådighed
#IngridRobeyns
#kapitalisme
#klimaeffekt
#Latipak
#limitarianism
#limitarianisme
#fredagsbog (forsinket)
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News of Elon Musk's payday reminds me that I must read this book by philosopher/economist Ingrid Robeyns
@ingridrobeyns .Extreme wealth is a serious problem, both within states and globally.
See also a blog entry from Robeyns at Crooked Timber, linked in a response to this post.
Limitarianism - Astra Publishing House
https://astrapublishinghouse.com/product/limitarianism-9781662601842/
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“How rich is too rich?”
https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01276-1
> As radical as they might seem, calls for limits on wealth are as old as civilization itself. The Hebrew Bible and Torah recognized years during which debts should be cancelled, slaves set free and property redistributed from rich to poor. In classical Greece, Aristotle praised cities that kept wealth inequality in check to enhance political stability.
> Robeyns points out that extreme wealth “is often tied to immoral and criminal practices”. As evidence, she notes the massive use of tax evasion among ultra-wealthy people and their firms. Whether legal or not, she labels these practices as unethical. Going further, she reminds us that current wealth inequalities have some roots in historical practices such as slavery or military conquests…
> As a growing literature in economics has shown, more wealth at the very top has often meant fewer resources to lift people at the bottom, contrary to the mantra of trickle-down economics. But wealth concentration isn’t just an issue that affects poor people, Robeyns argues — it is an issue for everyone.
> scholars have increasingly documented how democracy can be undermined by the disproportionate political power of media tycoons, rich founders of philanthropic organizations and large political-party donors. Extreme wealth concentration limits governments’ abilities to invest in public goods, such as education, health care and climate-change mitigation.
> the author ponders: “There is so much good that money above the riches line could do, if only it were used for addressing collective problems”
> Nature 629, 282-283 (2024)
#Rich #Wealthy #Policies #Tax #Inequality #Poor #Poverty #Limitarianism #RichesLine
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One of the most successful parts of the Powell strategy has been the reframing of "liberty". From it's original meaning; freedom from tyranny, to the freedom to be a tyrant (eg ZuckerBorg, Bezos, Thiel, Musk etc). Buying into this framing...
"Limitarianism v Libertarianism"
... implies we can only have economic justice at the cost of political freedom (a la China). I call bollox on this.
#podcasts #Tova TovaOBrien #Limitarianism #Libertarianism
