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Friday, June 11, 2010

Victims of Social Leveling by Leonard E. Read


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Leonard E. Read discusses the flaws of “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.” In practice this idea, of social leveling, would harm everyone in the long run.


  • Nicholas Snow is Associate Professor of Economics and the Tom and Anne Walsh Professor of Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics at Wabash College. He previously worked at the Ohio State University, Kenyon College, and Indiana University. His website is https://www.nicholasasnow.com/