{"product_id":"ours-the-case-for-universal-property","title":"Ours – The Case for Universal Property","description":"We 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.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57484340855157,"sku":"9781509544837","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781509544837.jpg?v=1786266402","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/ours-the-case-for-universal-property","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}