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Ours: The Case for Universal Property
By (author) Peter Barnes
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We think our wealth today comes from productive corporations and workers, but they merely add icing to a cake baked long ago. In this provocative book, Peter Barnes argues that most of today's wealth is co-inherited from nature and past human efforts, not individually earned. If some of that co-inherited wealth were placed in trust for each of us, living and yet-to-be born – creating what Barnes calls “universal property†– capitalism would be fundamentally transformed. As Barnes notes, capitalism as we know it has two tragic flaws: it relentlessly widens inequality and destroys nature. Both flaws are a result of one-sided property rights that favor capital over everything else. Adding universal property to the current property mix would create a market economy in which businesses prosper, nature’s limits are respected, and a large middle class thrives. This smart and concise book could set the agenda for a post-COVID world.
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Publisher | Polity Press
Published date | 2 Jul 2021
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 140
Dimensions | 201 x 135 x 18mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 272g
ISBN | 978-1-5095-4482-0
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