Bryan Caplan wrote:
> > An obvious candidate is social insurance. And the obvious question about
> > that is how well this mechanism compares to other social insurance
> > mechanisms. This one at least is simple and clear, and difficult to
> > corrupt.
>
>... since the redistribution happens only every ten years, a person
>would need a bunch of bad personal shocks year after year to fall well
>below average land holdings. People who gained a lot of land were
>probably just low in ability and effort, not unlucky.
I agree that the ten year period seems short for this purpose.
I think the ancient Jewish tradition of "Julilee" redistributed every
50 years, which makes more sense.
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