{"product_id":"ours-by-peter-barnes-9781509544837","title":"Ours","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\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 \u003cem\u003euniversal property\u003c\/em\u003e – capitalism would be fundamentally transformed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs 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 favour capital over everything else. Adding \u003cem\u003euniversal property\u003c\/em\u003e 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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340999278828,"sku":"9781509544837","price":30.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12470623482725.jpg?v=1772180016","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/ours-by-peter-barnes-9781509544837","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}