Changing the narrative on wealth inequality
growing inequality; perpetuated the racial wealth-gap;
Holly Ensign-Barstow • From shareholder primacy to stakeholder capitalism
Limitarianism
Discussing how much wealth people can leave behind for their children. Some say estate tax may be punishing people who save hard to have something to bequeath.
But people who need to save hard for that probably won’t fall under the bracket of high estate tax rate.
I don’t feel it’s bad to live in a world where everyone’s sort of dealt
... See moreThe ownership economy has the opportunity to address one of the biggest and most morally troubling issues of our time: economic inequality. As the wealth gap continues to widen to levels not seen since just before the Great Depression, the best way to combat this is to enable everyone to become an owner of wealth-building assets.
Li Jin • Atelier Ventures and Variant Fund are joining forces
Ich habe nie an Gleichheit geglaubt. Ungleichheit mit gewissen Limits ist der stärkste Motor jeder gesellschaftlichen Entwicklung. Der stärkste Anreiz für Fortschritt besteht nun einmal darin, mehr als die anderen zu haben, mehr Geld, mehr Spaß, mehr Macht. Dass alle Menschen gleich sind, war schon immer eine politische Lüge und wird es immer mehr.
... See moreGerald Hörhan • Investment Punk
“Whether such extreme inequality is or is not sustainable,” Piketty writes, “depends not only on the effectiveness of the repressive apparatus but also, and perhaps primarily, on the effectiveness of the apparatus of justification.”