A citation for a work from the 1981 Nobel Laureate in Economics, James Tobin, about nonmarket allocation for certain goods, including, by my read of it, basic human needs.

Much could be said, but just to say, basic human needs are guaranteed as rights in #UDHR (Article 25).

On Limiting the Domain of Inequality
James Tobin
The Journal of Law & Economics
Vol. 13, No. 2 (Oct., 1970), pp. 263-277 (15 pages)
Published By: The University of Chicago Press
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