George, Henry
Description
Even before the publication of Progress and Poverty in 1879, San Francisco political economist and publisher Henry George (1839-1897) had written exte
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nsively about what he considered to be the causes for worldwide economic inequity-land monopolization and speculation by wealthy entrepreneurs and corrupt politicians. But his attacks on these evils were coupled with a plan for a possible brighter future, for a world in which disparities between people of different classes could be adjusted. By the time he died in 1897, his assessments of liberal 19th-century economic theory were critically accl
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United States
Public lands
Single tax
Reading Moods
Optimistic & Positive
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Publishing Info
Publisher
Michigan State University Press
Month-Year
Dec, 1999
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9780870139185
ISBN-10: 0870139185
Language
English
No. of Pages
256
Format
E-book
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