Economic Science

Lesson 8: Distribution of Wealth

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Please read Part IV

1. What is the distribution of wealth, in political economy? (IV,1)



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



10. What is the margin of production, and what is its role in the distribution of wealth? (review: 
See http://www.henrygeorge.org/rent1.htm )



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