Political Science · Political Theory
In which book did Karl Marx popularise the slogan 'from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs'?
AA Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
BWage Labour and Capital
CValue, Price and Profit
DCritique of the Gotha Programme ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Critique of the Gotha Programme — The slogan was popularised in the Critique of the Gotha Programme, so the answer is that work.
Explanation
★The slogan was popularised in the Critique of the Gotha Programme, so the answer is that work.
★Marx wrote it in 1875 as a critique of the German Social Democratic programme.
★The phrase describes the higher stage of communism, where need replaces market exchange.
★In this stage labour becomes life's prime want and distribution follows need, not contribution.
★It is distinguished from the lower socialist stage, which rewards according to work done.
★Wage Labour and Capital and Value, Price and Profit deal with exploitation and surplus value.
★The Contribution sets out historical materialism rather than this principle of distribution.
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