The book has an active table of contents for reader to access each chapter of the book. Henry George was an American political economist and he was the most influential proponent of the land value tax, also known as the "single tax" on land. He inspired the economic philosophy known as Georgism that we still can feel its strong influence on modern American life. Today, American economic structure has moved away from a natural resource based economy to knowledge based econ...

The book includes the major works by Henry George to address economic concerns of land and its value, free trade, science of political economy, and much more. The book has an active table of contents for readers to access each chapter of the following titles by Henry George: 1. PROGRESS AND POVERTY – Henry George 2. PROTECTION OR FREE TRADE - Henry George 3. THE SCIENCE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY - Henry George 4. OUR LAND AND LAND POLICY - Henry George

The book has an active table of contents for readers to access each chapter of the following titles:PROGRESS AND POVERTY – Henry GeorgeThe Wealth of Nations – Adam SmithON THE PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND TAXATION – David RicardoHenry George was greatly influenced by Adam Smith and David Ricardo. Henry George cited them in his most famous work Progress and Poverty from 1879 as the follows:"What I ha...

This book has an active table of contents for readers to easy access to each chapter.This is one of most important books written by Henry George. Here George developed his theory of value and critically examined the writings of economists, past and contemporaneous in the book The Science of Political economy.Henry George's attempt to put the political economy on a scientific basis based on thought experiments like Einstein's physics are fully elaborated in the book....

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This earnest and eloquent Letter to the Pope is by far the most remarkable utterance which the Encyclical of 1890 has evoked. The Pope could not have found a fitter controversialist to oppose him, for Mr. George meets him on the same basis of metaphysical theology, and appeals to the same authority of Scripture and St. Thomas of Aquino. And the whole letter seems, in its manner, curiously to echo the Pope ' s own dignified ecclesiastical - Latin style. Mr. George feels that the Encyclical ...

The book has an active table of contents for reads to easy access to each chapter. Henry George’s analysis and remedy are directly from classical economic theory seeded by Adam Smith, David Ricardo, and John Stuart Mill. The giants had already decried the evils of concentrated land ownership, which they called “land monopoly”. George carried classical economics to its logical conclusion, and popularized that conclusion with stunning effect. Henry George is best known for hi...

The book has an active table of contents for readers to access each chapter of the following titles by Henry George and Thorstein Veblen: 1. PROGRESS AND POVERTY – Henry George 2. THE SCIENCE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY - Henry George 3. SOCIAL PROBLEMS - Henry George 4. PROTECTION OR FREE TRADE - Henry George 5. OUR LAND AND LAND POLICY - Henry George 6. THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS - Thorstein Veblen 7. THE THEORY OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISE...

This book has an active table of contents for readers to easy access to each chapter. Henry George’s analysis and remedy are directly from classical economic theory seeded by Adam Smith, David Ricardo, and John Stuart Mill. The giants had already decried the evils of concentrated land ownership, which they called “land monopoly”. George carried classical economics to its logical conclusion, and popularized that conclusion with stunning effect. Henry George is best known for...

In "Progress and Poverty," Henry George offers a groundbreaking exploration of the intricate relationship between economic growth and social inequality. Written in a compelling prose style that expertly blends political economy with moral philosophy, George critiques conventional economic theories and argues that progress should benefit all members of society. The book comprises two volumes, where George delves into the causes of poverty amidst material advancement, proposing his influenti...

"Progress and Poverty" by Henry George explores the paradox of increasing inequality in periods of economic growth. George proposes that land speculation is the root cause of wealth disparities, advocating for a single tax on land value to promote fairness and reduce poverty. This influential work is critical for understanding economic and social theories regarding land reform and taxation.

In Progress and Poverty, Volumes I and II, Henry George tackles the puzzle of rising wealth amid persistent want. In lucid, polemical prose that fuses moral philosophy with political economy, he reworks classical theories of rent, wages, and interest, indicts speculative landholding, and advances the single tax on land values. Set against Gilded Age depressions, the work moves from diagnosis to institutional remedy. George, a self-taught printer and journalist, forged his economics from ex...