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Is extreme wealth unjustifiable and harmful? This is the argument that Dutch philosopher Ingrid Robeyns makes in Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth, suggesting that there should be a limit on how much money a single person can have.

Society suffers from unlimited wealth: Robeyns argues that as the poor get poorer, everyone is impacted. Case in point: The number of homeless people increases, and food bank queues start to grow. Meanwhile, as the rich get richer, nothing happens — they are the only ones who benefit.

Personal wealth is far more unevenly distributed than income. In his review of Limitarianism, Stewart Lansley, author of The Richer, The Poorer: How Britain Enriched the Few and Failed the Poor, backed up Robeyns’ claim with Greek Philosopher Plato’s ideology for political stability: The richest shouldn't own more than four times what the poorest own.

This book is a conversation starter and great for debates: Its direct attack on the uber-rich might unsettle some readers, but it is thought-provoking in our world of rags-to-riches stories and falls from grace.

You can find the book on Amazon.

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