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'From each according to ability; to each according to need' – tracing the biblical roots of socialism's enduring slogan

  • Written by Luc Bovens, Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
imageMarx, Madison or God? Who said it first...or at all? Bettmann/Corbis/ Lucas Schifres via Getty Images

“From each according to ability; To each according to need,” is a phrase derived from where?

A) The works of Karl Marx

B) The Bible

C) The Constitution of the United States

If you answered “A,” you are kinda right. But if you...

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