Limitarianism - The Case Against Extreme Wealth

Timely, disquieting, compelling … Limitarianism questions the idea that individual wealth is ever individual>

About the author

Ingrid Robeyns holds master's degrees in economics and philosophy, and obtained her PhD at Cambridge University under the supervision of Amartya Sen. She currently holds the Chair in Ethics of Institutions at Utrecht University. She previously served as the director of the Ethics Institute at Utrecht University, and as the first director of the Dutch Research School for Philosophy. Her academic work has been supported by several grants from the Dutch Research Council, as well as by a EUR2 million ERC Consolidator Grant. In 2018, she was elected as a member of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts. In September 2021, she was awarded an Emma Goldman Award for her work on inequality studies and feminism by the FLAX Foundation in Vienna. Limitarianism is her first trade book.

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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

Product details

• Authors: Ingrid Robeyns, Robeyns Ingrid
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781802060478
• ISBN: 978-1-80206-047-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, Labour / income economics, Political science & theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethical issues & debates, Monetary Economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Political science and theory