Our analysis assumes a society from which private property has been largely eliminated, and in which the economy has been reorganized according to a either a Marxist or an economic-egalitarian notion of socialism. The first graph will review the immediate implications of applying Marx's dictum, viz., "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need." The second graph will illustrate the implications of economic systems that seek to achieve "economic equality" in some sense. From these two graphs, it will become clear that both approaches require comprehensive and rigorous centralized economic "planning," imposed by a governmental authority. The third graph will trace the political, cultural, moral, military, and environmental tendencies that are inherent in systems based on such centralized "planning." As in our previous analyses, each graph will be developed step by step. The three graphs are listed below. Any or all of them can be examined in completed form by clicking the yellow "Complete Graphs" box, which appears on each page.

Implications of a "Need"-Based Economic Structure
Implications of an "Equality"-Based Economic Structure
Implications of Full-Scale Centralized Economic "Planning"