Redistribution consists of redistributing a resource in a different way.
Redistribution is the process and consequence of redistributing . This verb , for its part, refers to distributing (distributing) something in a different way than it was being distributed until then.
The idea of redistribution is usually used in economics and sociology to refer to the need to redistribute certain resources in a different way. The objective of redistribution is to promote social justice , minimizing inequality and imbalance within a community.
In anthropology , the concept is used to name what the chiefs of primitive tribes did, who received food and other valuable objects from their group and were in charge of distributing them in the way they considered correct. In this practice the origin of the State can be found, which is the entity created by man for the organization of society.
Redistribution concept
Redistribution, in short, is a change in the way a resource is being distributed. Governments usually talk about wealth redistribution to refer to policies that seek to distribute the resources generated by economic activity in a more equitable way, avoiding the concentration of money in the wealthiest sectors.
The implementation of subsidies and the collection of taxes are the two most important tools that a government has to promote redistribution. For example: a tax on profits that exceed a certain amount allows the State to obtain resources that it then gives, in the form of a subsidy or other type of assistance, to the lower classes. Thus the country's wealth, in a certain way, is redistributed.
Taxes and subsidies contribute to redistribution.
Equity and justice
It is important to highlight that redistribution is a process to which a government resorts when it detects that the distribution of a good is not fair; To reach this adjustment in the distribution, it is necessary to notice a defect in the system, a crack, no matter how small, that harms a group of people by depriving them of access to certain resources. In other words, equity and justice are the two purposes that redistribution must pursue , as well as the values on which those who have the task of defining the path to follow to carry it out must rely.
As is known, we live in a world in which equity is not very common: whether we observe the social and economic reality of a given country or compare it with that of another, there are so many examples of injustice and poor distribution of resources. goods and opportunities that are difficult to understand for our species to survive. Many people wonder how it is that there are those who have houses valued in millions of dollars and others who live on the streets, why two people with the same profession earn such different salaries depending on the country in which they reside, why some throw food at garbage and others have nothing to eat.
Redistribution, reciprocity and barter
Two forms of economic integration that are related to the concept of redistribution are the following:
* reciprocity : in the field of social anthropology , which mainly studies human beings through their customs, relationships and structures, the way in which goods and services are exchanged when there is no organization is known as reciprocity. formal on which to rely. In other words, it is the informal exchange that can be seen especially in societies whose economy does not have a market, that is, that does not create, buy or sell products or services;
* barter : this is the exchange of products or services for equivalent ones, without offering money as part of the transaction. The contract through which two individuals agree to barter is known as an exchange .