70 pages • 2 hours read
598
Book • Nonfiction
1880s
1879
Adult
18+ years
In Progress and Poverty, Henry George examines the paradox of technological advancements and increased wealth resulting in diminished wages and growing poverty for workers. He identifies rising land rents and private land ownership as key causes of this socioeconomic inequality. George proposes a remedy of a single tax on land to address wealth disparities, advocating for more equitable distribution and improved public welfare through land reform.
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Henry George's Progress and Poverty receives acclaim for its incisive analysis of economic disparity and its advocacy for land value tax as a remedy. Critics laud its clarity and relevance but note its sweeping generalizations and dated economic perspectives. Despite its age, the work remains a provocative and influential treatise in economic discourse.
A reader who would enjoy Progress and Poverty by Henry George is likely interested in economics, social justice, and land reform. Comparable to Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations and Karl Marx's Das Kapital, this reader enjoys in-depth analysis of socio-economic issues and historical economic thought.
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Book • Nonfiction
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1879
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