Description
From Wikipedia:
First published in 1879, Progress and Poverty is a book by the social theorist and economist Henry George, a treatise on the questions of why poverty accompanies economic and technological progress and why economies exhibit a tendency toward cyclical boom and bust. George uses history and deductive logic to argue for a radical solution focusing on the capture of economic rent from natural resource and land titles.
About the Author:
Henry George (1839-1897) was a noted American economist & founder of the single-tax movement. He first outlined the doctrine in the pamphlet Our Land & Land Policy in 1871 & later wrote the more elaborate treatise Progress & Poverty (1879), which has sold millions of copies all over the world.
First published in 1879, Progress and Poverty is a book by the social theorist and economist Henry George, a treatise on the questions of why poverty accompanies economic and technological progress and why economies exhibit a tendency toward cyclical boom and bust. George uses history and deductive logic to argue for a radical solution focusing on the capture of economic rent from natural resource and land titles.
About the Author:
Henry George (1839-1897) was a noted American economist & founder of the single-tax movement. He first outlined the doctrine in the pamphlet Our Land & Land Policy in 1871 & later wrote the more elaborate treatise Progress & Poverty (1879), which has sold millions of copies all over the world.
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 1884
Publisher
D. Appleton and Co.