"The Bad Society" | business analyst | Scoop.it

"The attitude of indifference to income distribution is in fact a recipe for economic growth without end, with the rich, very rich, and super-rich drawing ever further ahead of the rest. This must be wrong for moral and even practical reasons. In moral terms, it puts the prospect of the good life perpetually beyond reach for most people. And, in practical terms, it is bound to destroy the social cohesion on which democracy – or, indeed, any type of peaceful, contented society – ultimately rests."

 

Good article in Project Syndicate by Robert Skidelsky on inequality and its effects on prosperity, the "good life" and democracy.


Via Willy De Backer