BOOK REVIEW

Where should society draw the line on extreme wealth? A fresh account sets out the logic and suggests how to redress inequality.

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    8 months ago

    I hear that expenses can scale to wealth (although, as I said, the difference is that the wealthy person can scale back but someone already buying the cheapest option has no choice), but what does that have to do with the article? Just a topic you wanted to bring up? Is there something I’m missing?

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      8 months ago

      I’m saying capping how much wealth someone is allowed to have:

      a) Is likely to have unintended consequences.

      and b) May end up hurting more people than it helps.

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        8 months ago

        Where is the logic from:

        rich people may be broke if they spend a lot

        to:

        capping wealth may have unintended consequences and will hurt more people than it helps

        You do realize that the vast majority of people are not wealthy and that the top one percent own a ridiculously disproportionate amount of the wealth? Wealth caps would only “harm” the top whatever percentage of earners. And if they’re at such a thin margin that the wealth tax would hurt them, like boo fucking hoo lmao, they can sell their Bugatti and buy a new Honda Civic fresh off the lot.