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A review by marksinnott4
How Much Is Enough?: Money and the Good Life by Edward Skidelsky, Robert Skidelsky
2.0
How much is enough? It is a great question. The authors of this book try to argue (as John Keynes back in the 30s) that there is enough wealth in the world that, if it were spread equally, everyone could live "the good life". While technology goes up, the human labor necessary to produce goods goes down, and people can work half the time and make just as much money. They have a vision of humans using this "leisure" time to create and think as ancient philosophers and artists did.
I find so many flaws with the authors' theories and presentation that it would be difficult to even remember them all. In short, their theory is a great one and I believe that as a theory it has it's merits. But given how deeply rooted the Western world is it's capitalistic ways, there is no way this idea that they propose could ever, ever, ever happen. They do try at the end to give ideas about how to approach this dream for our grandchildren (as Keynes did), but IMO they would need to write volumes more before they would come close to having a blueprint for putting their theory into practical use.
To me, this is as much a fantasy book as it is about economics or philosophy.
I find so many flaws with the authors' theories and presentation that it would be difficult to even remember them all. In short, their theory is a great one and I believe that as a theory it has it's merits. But given how deeply rooted the Western world is it's capitalistic ways, there is no way this idea that they propose could ever, ever, ever happen. They do try at the end to give ideas about how to approach this dream for our grandchildren (as Keynes did), but IMO they would need to write volumes more before they would come close to having a blueprint for putting their theory into practical use.
To me, this is as much a fantasy book as it is about economics or philosophy.