I loved Ingrid’s book and really enjoyed the chat. I am constantly reminded of Donella Meadows and her saying in 1972 that “we’ve got to have an enough”.
One element missing in discussions of the role of governments is that many countries, and even Europe, have fiat currencies, they spend with new currency, needing neither tax nor borrowing to fund what they do. So we don’t need the rich to fund wars (or pandemic relief) and, in addition to taxing wealth to reduce influence and polluting activities, we can also afford to improve the lives of the poor with universal basic services and Job guarantees or UBI.
Donella Meadows’ idea of “enough” captures the spirit of what Ingrid was getting at: limits not as denial, but as dignity.
And that point on fiat currency cuts deep, it really challenges the story that governments are financially helpless unless the rich chip in.
If we can create money for wars or bailouts, then we can surely create it for care, equity, and universal security.
Your take on linking limitarianism with universal basic services and job guarantees is fascinating it turns the moral argument into something truly actionable.
I loved Ingrid’s book and really enjoyed the chat. I am constantly reminded of Donella Meadows and her saying in 1972 that “we’ve got to have an enough”.
One element missing in discussions of the role of governments is that many countries, and even Europe, have fiat currencies, they spend with new currency, needing neither tax nor borrowing to fund what they do. So we don’t need the rich to fund wars (or pandemic relief) and, in addition to taxing wealth to reduce influence and polluting activities, we can also afford to improve the lives of the poor with universal basic services and Job guarantees or UBI.
That is brilliant.
Donella Meadows’ idea of “enough” captures the spirit of what Ingrid was getting at: limits not as denial, but as dignity.
And that point on fiat currency cuts deep, it really challenges the story that governments are financially helpless unless the rich chip in.
If we can create money for wars or bailouts, then we can surely create it for care, equity, and universal security.
Your take on linking limitarianism with universal basic services and job guarantees is fascinating it turns the moral argument into something truly actionable.