Ray, if I recall Ec 101,
"distribution" is usually thought of as income accruing to the "factors of
production" (land, labour, capital) or as income accruing to various social
classes (rich, middle, poor). In capitalist societies, it is supposed to
be the market that decides these things. Under communism, the state
planning system is supposed to decide.
I would suggest that distribution of the product
(whether the product is physical or otherwise) and the distribution of income
are the same thing because how much income a particular group or factor receives
determines its command over the product. Or to put it another way, income
can be thought of in physical terms, with money being no more than a convenient
way of expressing it and making it possible to add everything up. In
national accouting what is produced in a given year is expressable as income
(National Income) and as product (Gross National Product). (But I may be
out of my depth here and would have to do some refreshing!)
Part of income or product is always consumed and part
is always saved or invested. Under capitalism, the market decides this;
under communism, the state planning decides. One of the biggest complaints
against Russian communism went into building up heavy industry and very little
went into building up production for consumers. Russians eventually got
tired of waiting for their turn.
Hope this helps,
Ed
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> > I think you may have mixed physical distribution of the product
> > with the shares (distribution) that go the Factors of production.
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> > Yes but wasn't it supposed to be distribution that did in the
> > Communists?
> > I'm just a poor artist but I do remember that discussion from you
> > economists
> > talking about our superior distribution. I'm confused.
> > Educate me
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