Mormon settlers practiced a basic wealth version of this briefly during several periods during the 19th century. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Order

Mormon settlers practiced a basic wealth version of this briefly during several periods during the 19th century. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Order http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Order "Members who voluntarily chose to enter the United Order community would deed (consecrate) all their property to the United Order, which would in turn deed back an "inheritance" (or "stewardship") which allowed members to control the property; private property was not eradicated but was rather a fundamental principle of this system. At the end of each year, any excess that the family produced from their stewardship was voluntarily given back to the Order."