[AlexandrB]

> in proportion to their demonstrated ability to amass and manage resources'.

This makes the huge assumption that "the market" is already equitably rewarding talent with money. It is not. Luck, heritage (inherited wealth and power), and race/gender all skew how much you can amass and the effects are exponential, not linear.

[DuskStar]

That might still result in a better mapping of resources to ability than dividing resources equally among the population, though.