Jonathan SchofieldIn 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
‘No one should have more than €10m’: the author of Limitarianism on why the super-rich need to level down radically
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
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