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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 1, No. 16 July 20, 1938

Greed as Incentive

Greed as Incentive.

"It is frequently stated that Socialism is fine in theory but will not work in practice, because there is no incentive for people to work. Presumably the only possible incentive is to become a little capitalist. What a striking admission of degeneracy. If personal profit is the only incentive! But there is no justification for saying Socialism means equal wages. Marx and Engels said wealth should be distributed according to the social value of work done and Lenin and Stain practised that policy, Under Socialism. The head worker will raise not only his own standard but that of humanity generally.

"Socialism." concluded Mr. Perry, "officers the means of mankind, for the first time a real incentive to work it will free the resources of the world and of the mind give society a chance to plan and an ability to create as never before, and accord to everybody those things in life that reality matter."