More Praise for With Liberty and Dividends for All

“While Thomas Piketty proposes to tax private wealth, Peter Barnes's solution is to pay everyone dividends from wealth we own in common. Both approaches should be taken very seriously.”

—James Boyce, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts

“In this unprecedented time, Peter Barnes's splash of common sense is just what's needed to spark a movement.”

—Frances Moore Lappé, author of Democracy's Edge

“Writing from a free-market perspective, I have long been concerned about the radical transformation that is occurring in our society. With this book, Peter Barnes shows how a system of universal dividends can simultaneously undergird a broad middle class and make possible a thriving market economy.”

—Dwight Murphey, author of A Shared Market Economy

“In the last three decades, the wealthy have received most of the benefits of economic growth, with typical workers seeing little or no gains. Barnes's proposal to reverse this process with an equal distribution of income from co-owned wealth is worth serious consideration.”

—Dean Baker, author of The End of Loser Liberalism

“If you're concerned about ever-growing inequality, you must read this book. It brings light to where there's only been heat and points us toward a solution that will work for all.”

—Richard Parker, author of The Myth of the Middle Class

“It takes wisdom to transcend seemingly irreconcilable tensions on the issue of inequality. Peter Barnes's ‘simple idea' is grounded in such wisdom.”

—John Fullerton, President, Capital Institute

“Elegant, powerful, pragmatic, and hopeful. This book will change the debate about what's mine and what's ours.”

—David Morris, cofounder, Institute for Local Self-Reliance

“In this eloquent and powerful book, Peter Barnes identifies a major step toward a fair and just society. Better, he does so in the tradition of our Founders, who worked hard to ensure that every citizen would enjoy equal access to common sources of well-being.”

—Barry Lynn, author of Cornered

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are

created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator

with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are

Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

—From the US Declaration of

Independence

One Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

justice for all.

—From the US Pledge of Allegiance