Re:Ask HN: Problems for the Next Decade
by farazzz on Sunday July 09, 2023 @02:46AM
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I mean if you just want a number, I like the idea of a hard cap of wealth at 100 million
Enough money for you and your family to live the rest of your lives experiencing the best of the best that the world has to offer
Why would anyone even need more money? “People would be less motivated to achieve!” No, people would be more motivated because there’s more money to go around instead of sitting in a couple thousand bank accounts
Of course this is just an idea that wouldn’t work in practice and wealthy people would just continue to skirt the rules like they do now. And I’m not an economist so there’s probably some negative side effects I don’t know about
Enough money for you and your family to live the rest of your lives experiencing the best of the best that the world has to offer
Why would anyone even need more money? “People would be less motivated to achieve!” No, people would be more motivated because there’s more money to go around instead of sitting in a couple thousand bank accounts
Of course this is just an idea that wouldn’t work in practice and wealthy people would just continue to skirt the rules like they do now. And I’m not an economist so there’s probably some negative side effects I don’t know about