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.)
Chapter 43. Survey of the Theory of Value
1. Mention any cases you can think of where merely changing the place of things added to their value; or changing their form; or where the mere lapse of time added to the value of the thing.
2. What effect on wages and interest does the bringing in of foreign capital have?
3. If, through greater efficiency of labor, wealth increases, which share benefits?
4. What would be the effect on wages, interest, and land rent of a sudden addition of rich land to the country?