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Unjust Deserts: How the Rich are Taking Our Common Inheritance

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Unjust Deserts: How the Rich are Taking Our Common Inheritance

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Why most of the wealth that is earned comes in the form of a "free lunch"--and why, logically, we must give most of it back to society as a result. Warren Buffett is worth nearly $50 billion. Does he "deserve" all this money? Buffett himself will tell you that "society is responsible for a very significant percentage of what I've earned." "Unjust Deserts" offers an entirely new approach to the wealth question. In a lively synthesis of modern economic, technological, and cultural research, Gar Alperovitz and Lew Daly demonstrate that up to 90 percent (and perhaps more) of current economic output derives not from individual ingenuity, effort, or investment but from our collective inheritance of scientific and technological knowledge: an inheritance we all receive as a "free lunch." Alperovitz and Daly then pursue the implications of this research, persuasively arguing that there is no reason any one person should be entitled to that inheritance. Recognizing the true dimensions of our unearned inheritance leads inevitably to a new and powerful moral case for wealth redistribution--and to a series of practical policies to achieve it in an era when the disparities have become untenable.
Release date NZ
February 12th, 2008
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Imprint
The New Press
Pages
230
Publisher
The New Press
Dimensions
139x205x22
ISBN-13
9781595584021
Product ID
2719135

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