The economics and philosophy of Henry George (1839-1897)
| Title | The economics and philosophy of Henry George (1839-1897)
being memorable passages from his writings and addresses |
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| Original title | Gems from Henry George; Henry George on economic justice |
| Author | sel. & arr. by A. C. Auchmuty |
| Publication | Land & Liberty |
| Size | 107p |
| Language |  ENG |
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| Topics |
Single tax Economics--Land--Collective ownership (Commons) Economics--Georgism / Geoism / Geonomics Socialism--Libertarian |
| Notes | Henry George (September 2, 1839 – October 29, 1897) was an American writer, politician and political economist, who was the most influential proponent of the land value tax and the value capture of land/natural resource rents, an idea known at the time as 'Single-Tax'. His immensely popular writing is credited with sparking several reform movements of the Progressive Era and ultimately inspiring the broad economic philosophy often referred to today as Georgism, the main tenet of which is that people legitimately own value they fairly create, but that natural resources and common opportunities, most importantly the value of land, belongs equally to each person in a community. His most famous work, Progress and Poverty (1879), sold millions of copies worldwide, probably more than any other American book before that time. It is a treatise on inequality, the cyclic nature of industrialized economies, and the use of the land value tax as a remedy. [wikipedia] |
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