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by null_object 1271 days ago
> Because wealth is distributed so that everyone can afford things like education, healthcare, daycare. If 1 out of a 100 has a superyacht and 99 live on foodstamps that's different in an important sense from if 0 people have a superyacht and everyone gets access to education and food.

From your username I’m going to assume you can read Swedish, in which case I’ll recommend Andreas Cervanka’s latest book on the redistribution of wealth in Sweden in recent decades, in favor of the richest in society:

https://www.adlibris.com/se/bok/girig-sverige-sa-blev-folkhe...

2 comments

Thanks for the tip, purchased!

Even before reading, yes it's indeed changed over the years, though I'm relatively young so I haven't experienced the shift myself.

The book arrived today, I'll get back to you :)