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How rich is too rich?

Where should society draw the line on extreme wealth? A fresh account sets out the logic and suggests how to redress inequality.
  1. Lucas Chancel

    1. Lucas Chancel is a visiting associate professor and Stone Visiting Scholar at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is an associate professor of economics at Sciences Po in Paris and co-director of the World Inequality Lab at the Paris School of Economics.

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Poor people looking at the high-rise rich condos of Leblon from Rocinha, the largest Favela or urbanized slum in Brazil.

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, residents in unplanned settlements live just blocks away from wealthy suburbs. Credit: Viviane Moos/Corbis/Getty

Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth Ingrid Robeyns Allen Lane (2024)

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Nature 629, 282-283 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01276-1

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