Extend this idea...
To copyrights -- or at least lower the working life of both copyrights and patents.
AND... make them NON-renewable.
Such measures would go a long way toward being able to USE the wealth OF THE SPECIES to good effect FOR THE SPECIES... rather than just for the wealth of the individual.
Those set on promoting individual wealth will of course see this as destructive, but I think it is long overdue. Focusing on individual wealth is KILLING us!