{"product_id":"9781509544837","title":"Ours : The Case for Universal Property","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe think our wealth today comes from productive corporations and workers, but they merely add icing to a cake baked long ago. In this provocative book, Peter Barnes argues that most of today's wealth is co-inherited from nature and past human efforts, not individually earned. If some of that co-inherited wealth were placed in trust for each of us, living and yet-to-be born – creating what Barnes calls “universal property” – capitalism would be fundamentally transformed. As Barnes notes, capitalism as we know it has two tragic flaws: it relentlessly widens inequality and destroys nature. Both flaws are a result of one-sided property rights that favor capital over everything else. Adding universal property to the current property mix would create a market economy in which businesses prosper, nature’s limits are respected, and a large middle class thrives. This smart and concise book could set the agenda for a post-COVID world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Pr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48223571280107,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":27.37,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781509544837-1.jpg?v=1781685726","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9781509544837","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}