Fair Limits focuses on ‘limitarianism’, the view that there should be upper limits to how much each person could have of valuable goods. In this project, we will investigate the plausibility of limitarianism in the area of economic and ecological resources.




In 2025, the ONS said that median household disposable income in the UK in 2024 was £36,700. By “disposable income” I presume they effectively mean after tax.
In 2024, there were 28.6 million households and 33.62 million employed people. So we might infer that the median earnings per employed person were £31,220.
Also in 2024, Prof. @ingridrobeyns made the #limitarianism case that, as the Guardian headline put it:
“No one should have more than €10m”
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/21/how-much-personal-wealth-is-enough-ingrid-robeyns-limitarianism

Prof Ingrid Robeyns has spent a decade studying wealth and ethics and says that limits are essential if we want to eradicate poverty and protect social cohesion and the planet