When a company CEO can be paid 1,000 times the average employee's salary it's probably time to take a long hard look at wealth inequality. And those calling for the rich to pay more aren't always the ones you'd expect – Patriotic Millionaires is a group of mega rich individuals demanding greater, not lesser taxation. Then there's the Dutch philosopher urging ordinary citizens to put a cap on their own personal wealth. She calls her approach Limitarianism. Also, Rewilding the Internet – how to purify an online environment made toxic by monopolistic capitalism.
Original broadcast on June 21, 2024.
Guests
Dr Ingrid Robeyns – author, philosopher and Chair in Ethics of Institutions, Ethics Institute, Utrecht University (The Netherlands)
Robert Guest – Deputy Editor, The Economist
Morris Pearl – Chair of the Board, The Patriotic Millionaires
Professor Jean-Etienne Joullie — EMLV Business School, Paris
Maria Farrell – Writer and keynote speaker on technology and the future
Further information
Ingrid Robeyns: Limitarianism, The Case Against Extreme Wealth
Robert Guest: The fallacious case for abolishing the rich
Maria Farrell: We need to rewild the Internet
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