ARTICLE 39: Certain Principles of Policy to be followed by the State

The State shall, in particular, direct its policy towards securing:

1. that the citizens, men and women equally, have the right to an adequate means to livelihood
2. that the ownership and control of the material resources of the community are so distributed as best to subserve the common good
3. that the operation of the economic system does not result in the concentration of wealth and means of production to the common detriment