Chapter 42. Distribution of the Social Income
1. What different ideas does the expression "distribution of wealth" suggest to you?
2. What different methods of obtaining an income have you noted among the men you know?
3. How can a yard of cloth be said to be distributed to the labor and capital producing it?
4. If two men of equal skill go fishing together, how would they find a rule for dividing the catch?
5. If one is more skilful or stronger, or owns the boat and the tackle, how would it affect the division? Would any rule be attainable?
6. If socialism reduced the total product, would it still be desirable because of the better distribution?
7. What classes of thinkers are most inclined to take up socialism? (Classes considered socially, industrially, as to race, as to economic and historical training.)