Limitarianism

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We all notice when the poor get poorer: when there are more rough sleepers and food bank queues start to grow. But if the rich become richer, there is nothing much to see in public and, for most of us, daily life doesn't change. Or at least, not immediately.

In this astonishing, eye-opening intervention, world-leading philosopher and economist Ingrid Robeyns exposes the true extent of our wealth problem, which has spent the past fifty years silently spiralling out of control. 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. The answer to so many of the problems posed by neoliberal capitalism - and the opportunity for a vastly better world - lies in placing a hard limit on the wealth that any one person can accumulate. Because no-one should have more than ten million, and no one needs more than one million. Not even you.

©2024 Ingrid Robeyns (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Critics Review

The best case I’ve read for putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth. Even the super-rich might be glad if there was a finishing line!

Richard Wilkinson

You might find yourself, as I did, underlining a sentence or three on every page, and adding exclamation points in the margin

Observer

Valuable, intriguing, provocative … Robeyns poses a question that very rarely gets asked in mainstream politics … How much is too much?

Guardian

She’s done the maths. We need Limitarianism. Urgently

Irish Examiner

Provocative … begs an interesting debate about society’s future

The Times

A landmark … gripping, riveting, vivid … We need to embrace, as Robeyns so compellingly argues, limits on income and wealth.

Inequality.org

Powerful – a must-read

Thomas Piketty

Effortlessly navigating between ethics, political theory, economics and public policy, Ingrid Robeyns’ nuanced and persuasive defence of limitarianism is also a much-needed manifesto for reimagining political institutions

Lea Ypi

Is it possible to meet the needs of all people within the means of the living planet? Definitely not in a world dominated by extreme wealth, as Ingrid Robeyns powerfully argues. This landmark book combines meticulous logic with compelling personal stories to draw everyone – from the super-rich to the super-riled – into one of the most critical public debates of our times. Read it.

Kate Raworth

A compelling case for limiting extreme wealth, along economic, political and moral lines … This argument has never been more important, and this book is a persuasive call to action

Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Interesting proposals, and discussions proposed that are badly needed in the world.

ahbuggrit 01/04/2024

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