Evaluating a Re-distribution Proposal
A farmer and a landowner have an agreement. The farmer works 14 hours per day, which is the amount of work that produces a maximum possible yield of 11.9 bushels of grain. According to their current agreement, the farmer consumes 3.13 bushels and the landowner receives the remaining 8.78 bushels.
A new proposal is made to change the distribution of the 11.9 bushels: the farmer would receive 5.95 bushels and the landowner would also receive 5.95 bushels. The farmer's work hours would remain unchanged.
Based on the principle that a change is only a strict improvement if it makes at least one party better off without making any other party worse off, is this proposed new distribution an improvement over the original agreement? Justify your answer.
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