In this concise and elegant work first published in 1952 Bertrand de Jouvenelpurposely ignores the economic evidence that redistributional efforts sapincentives... » 

In this concise and elegant work first published in 1952 Bertrand de Jouvenelpurposely ignores the economic evidence that redistributional efforts sapincentives and are economically destructive. Rather he stresses the commonlydisregarded ethical arguments showing that redistribution is ethicallyindefensible for and practically unworkable in a complex society. «