&gt;I&#x27;m also taking the view that raising the prosperity for the lowest individuals will in turn increase the prosperity for everyone else.<p>This is an aside, and I don&#x27;t particularly want to evaluate it as good or bad, but this statement is striking compared to the neoliberal idea of &#x27;a rising tide lifts all boats&#x27; - i.e. increasing general prosperty raises prosperity for the lowest individuals.