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Distributive Justice addresses the right and wrong of the present distribution of wealth, with discussion of land ownership, co-operation, incomes, inheritance and interest. The account of landholding says that, where land was less plentiful, holdings were sometimes redistributed when a death occurred or a new member arrived. The argument presents the continuation of common ownership into agriculture as probable, while acknowledging uncertainty about the most primitive agricultural systems of every people.
The discussion of co-operation argues that its forms eliminate some waste of capital and energy and transfer some interest and profits to an economically weaker group. The account describes co-operative enterprises as conducted mainly by and for labourers or small farmers, and credits the system with improving wealth distribution.
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- John A. Ryan
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