A market economy redistributes capital according to demand. I don&#x27;t really see how capitalism is necessary to achieve that from a market.<p>I take capitalism to mean a market economy in which capital is traded as private property in a manner where the property holder gets to extract rents from ownership.<p>As a contrast, I&#x27;ve been thinking of a system where property laws are altered so that property rights imply rent going from the propery holder, not too. I think this can be done in a manner so that the market manages to distribute capital to where it is needed, even more effective than the current system, while also have a few interesting side effects toward social justice and welfare.<p>Land value taxes are the obvious example. But take copyright. What if those rights could only be claimed as long as you pay for them? It could for example make it much easier for streaming services as either there is an entity paying for the exclusive right, whom you could negotiate streaming rights with, or there is none, implying the work is in he public domain.