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Communism Among the Mormons

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Introduction. Relative importance of communism in the economic life of the Mormons. I. Historical background, 135. — Physiographical conditions in Jackson County, Missouri, 137. — The Mormon social body, 137. — II. Joseph Smith's first outline of the United Order. Characteristics of his project, 139. — The first attempt at Independence, 146. — The Mormon "deeds," 147. — Reasons for first failure, 151. — Comparison of the order with contemporaneous communities, 152. — III. The order elsewhere in Missouri, Ohio, and Illinois, 155. — IV. The order in Utah, 156. — Influence of Brigham Young, 158. — His efforts to establish communism, 159. — Outstanding attributes, 162. — History of the Utah plan, 164. — Orderville, 165. — V. Conclusion. Causes of failure, 171. — Hope of future revival, 173.

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  • Hamilton Gardner, 1922. "Communism Among the Mormons," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 37(1), pages 134-174.
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    1. Cox, Caleb A. & Stoddard, Brock, 2024. "Inequality and the allocation of collective goods," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 220(C), pages 756-767.
    2. Stoddard, Brock & Walker, James M. & Williams, Arlington, 2014. "Allocating a voluntarily provided common-property resource: An experimental examination," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 101(C), pages 141-155.
    3. Brock V. Stoddard & Caleb A. Cox & James M. Walker, 2021. "Incentivizing provision of collective goods: Allocation rules," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 87(4), pages 1345-1365, April.

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