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Apr 8, 2024 · There should be no upper limit to wealth as long as the economic pie is growing and the poor are getting some of it. It doesn’t matter if the rich are getting much richer—they create wealth. Why should we care about the top, the upper limit, that you discuss in your book?
Jan 30, 2024 · That needs to change, and Robeyns — with her landmark new book — is asking the questions that can move this change along. Why should we be letting our wealthiest grab so much of the treasure we are all creating? Why should we be letting our richest few do that grabbing at the expense of so many?
Apr 5, 2024 · Developed countries with adequate social safety nets, such as her native Netherlands, should impose a limit of €10 million (£8.5 million) on individual personal wealth, according to Robeyns....
Mar 26, 2024 · In moral, political, economic, social, environmental and psychological terms, she shows, extreme wealth is not only unjustifiable but harmful to us all - the rich included. In place of our current system, Robeyns offers a breathtakingly clear alternative: limitarianism.
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Jan 16, 2024 · Ingrid Robeyns has long written and argued for the principle she calls "limitarianism"—or the need to limit extreme wealth. This idea is gaining momentum in the mainstream – with calls to "tax the rich" and slogans like "every billionaire is a policy failure"—but what does it mean in practice?
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Feb 1, 2024 · Inequality, shady practices, the undermining of democracy, and the environment destruction caused by billionaires are the big rocks that she discusses to set up her case against extreme wealth. Each are compelling by themselves, but put together, they’re a devastating argument.
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Feb 8, 2024 · Robeyns sets out a powerful moral case against today’s wealth divide and asks the all-important question: “how much is too much?”. She calls for setting limits to the size of individual fortunes that would vary across countries.
