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标题：LOTTERY ECONOMICS: THE ROLE OF LUCK, SKILLS AND ENDOWMENTS IN DETERMINING WHO GETS THE TOYS
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作者：Wandschneider, Philip R.
期刊名称：Journal of Food Distribution Research
印刷版ISSN：0047-245X
出版年度：2003
页码：27-32
出版社：Food Distribution Research Society
摘要：Why do some people receive large incomes and wealth, while others live in poverty. One view is that market rewards go to those who are productive – through either their own labor or their property. This view is codified in the marginal productivity theory of standard economics. Another view is that wealth and income are distributed according to socially defined positions. For instance, in classical economics, class determines earnings. But, what of the Preacher's words above. What role does luck have in determining who gets the toys.