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Transformative Ideas Seminar Series #3: Limitarianism

Limitarianism is the view that people should not have more than a certain amount of resources. In this presentation, dr. Timmer introduces and defends economic limitarianism, according to which people should not have more than a certain amount of wealth. He defends three reasons in favor of such limitarianism. First, extreme wealth upsets democratic institutions and political equality. Second, improving the lives of people who have urgent unmet needs is more valuable, morally speaking, than people’s ability to acquire extreme wealth. Third, though arguments about desert and incentives can justify inequality, they cannot justify the current wealth inequality. Moreover, he discusses how the wealth limit might be determined, and explore some possible implications for policy-making and public design. To know more about dr. Timmer's work and limitarianism: https://www.dicktimmer.com/publications/