2. Agapism; or the voluntary sharing of individual possessions with
the less fortunate or successful members of the community.
These remedies may, with a few exceptions (such as the tribute system
of wages, and the abolition of middlemen), be said to constitute the
socialist and communist schemes for the prevention of distress.
J. _Creating additional employment for the poor_; and so removing the
surplus labour from the market. Two modes of effecting this have been
proposed:--