Here's some more information about periodic land redistribution in Russia:
In 1861 Serfdom was abolished in Russia and land was divided between
peasants and landlords.
". . .peasants did not achieve equality before the law or real personal
freedom. Their land was held not by them but by the
Ed Dodson responding...
Daljit Dhadwal wrote:
Before the Communist revolution in Russia, around every 10 years(I think)
land was equally divided up and distributed to the peasents. Also, under
some religions debts have to be foregiven every so often. What's the
rationale for this type of
Robin Hanson wrote:
Daljit Dhadwal wrote:
Before the Communist revolution in Russia, around every 10 years(I think)
land was equally divided up and distributed to the peasents. Also, under
some religions debts have to be foregiven every so often. What's the
rationale for this type of
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
Ed Dodson responding...
Bryan Caplan wrote:
Robin Hanson 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.
I
List members might be interested in an email seminar by David Laidler on Hayek-L.
Chirag Kasbekar
MA (Economics), University of Mumbai (Bombay)
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