One of the most upbeat and, therefore, fun to read conservatives is George Gilder.
I have been a fan of his since I read Wealth and Poverty in graduate school, both because he writes persuasively about the virtues of capitalism and Western Culture and because he can renew your faith in humanity without being (totally) a Pollyanna.
Gilder’s recent book review in The Claremont Review of Books is one example of this.
Yes, I am doing a review of a book review. So sue me.
Gilder focuses on two books that promote a theory adjacent to degrowth called Limitarianism. The basic idea behind this concept is that the massive accumulation of wealth in the hands of a few–the centi-billionaires who have emerged in the latest tech boom for the most part–has caused the immiseration of billions.
The wealth of a few causes the immiseration of the many, and therefore that wealth should be limited…
