Carl Rhodes

1 week ago | shepherd.com | Carl Rhodes |Ingrid Robeyns |Chuck Collins |Peter Goodman

Ingrid Robeyns opens her book provocatively. She poses the question: ‘Can a person be too rich?’  Her answer is ‘yes’! I value this book because it opens bold new ways of thinking about what can be done about inequality. Robeyns coined the term ‘limitarianism’ to explore how democratic societies might enforce specific caps on wealth. This limitarianism is, for Robeyns, a ‘regulative ideal’ that should inform government policy and regulation.