Lesson 8: Distribution of Wealth
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1. What is the distribution of wealth, in political economy?   (Part IV, Chapter 1) 

2. How are production and distribution related to each other?   (Part IV, Chapter 1) 

3. Why does J. S. Mill hold that the distribution of wealth is a matter of human law?   (Part IV, Chapter 2) 

4. How is future production affected by taking from producers what they produce, without their consent? When do the effects begin to be seen?   (Part IV, Chapter 2) 

5. What is the basic distinction between the laws of production and the laws of distribution?   (Part IV, Chapter 3) 

6. Why are moral laws a necessary part of the science of political economy?   (Part IV, Chapter 3) 

7. According George, how do we know that natural rights of property exist?   (Part IV, Chapter 4) 

8. What is the basic fallacy in Mill's justification of private property in land?   (Part IV, Chapter 4) 

9. In terms of political economy, how is "made land" or "improved land" classified?   (Part IV, Chapter 5) 

10. What is the margin of production, and what is its role in the distribution of wealth?   (review)