Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth: The Remedy (Paperback)

from albertgoldfain

Highly ambitious and inventive for its time and, perhaps, even for our time. Merits consideration by anyone who cares about income inequality and land monopoly. I don't quite buy that a land value tax will cure as many ills as George does, but there is no questioning the ethical foundation.

from TJ_Petrowski

An incredibly well-written book. Although I disagree with the author's conclusions, and Marx himself found them laughable, Henry George is a fantastic writer and his arguments against Malthus are an important read.

from questbird

Interesting ideas. Sometimes pompous-sounding exposition. Summary: Rent = income from the use of land; comes at the expense of wages but is not itself productive. Community concentration of labour makes rents increase, which reduces wages ultimately to rock-bottom slavery levels. Therefore tax re...

from albertgoldfain

Highly ambitious and inventive for its time and, perhaps, even for our time. Merits consideration by anyone who cares about income inequality and land monopoly. I don't quite buy that a land value tax will cure as many ills as George does, but there is no questioning the ethical foundation.

from TJ_Petrowski

An incredibly well-written book. Although I disagree with the author's conclusions, and Marx himself found them laughable, Henry George is a fantastic writer and his arguments against Malthus are an important read.