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
> > corr
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 on
7;s the
> >rationale for this type of periodic redistribution?
>
> 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
&
ale for this type of periodic redistribution?
Ed here:
>From a moral perspective, the concentrated control over land and natural
resources denies "equality of opportunity" to those who cannot access land to
produce foodcrops and where socio-political circumstances do not provide for
al
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 periodic re
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 periodic redistribution?
>
>
>
for this type of periodic redistribution?
I'd appreciate a reference for this land redistribution in Russia.
Fred Foldvary
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 periodic redistribution?
Daljit
