Full term is “From each according to his ability, to each according to his contribution”, the rule of distribution according to which, on the basis of socialist public property in the means of production and starting from the actual state of the development of productive forces, all people who have the ability to work are encouraged to do their best to contribute to the society, and after all necessary deductions from the aggregate social product are made, personal consumer goods are distributed according to the quantity and quality of labor provided to society by each worker, and the more one works the more one gets and the less one works the less one gets…
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