Synopsis

Ingrid Robeyns, an economist and philosopher currently teaching Ethics of Institutions at Utrecht University (born in 1972), is the originator of limitarism. Her central argument posits a necessary shift toward a societal structure where those best equipped to bear responsibility also bear the greatest burdens, thereby mitigating inequality. She contends that the surplus wealth of the exceptionally affluent holds considerable potential for the betterment of individuals and society as a whole, ul