
Progress and Poverty
an inquiry into the cause of increase of want with increase of wealth: the remedy
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- Paperback
356 pages
- Release Date
10 August 2016
Summary
Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth
Born into hardship, Henry George witnessed firsthand the paradox of increasing poverty amidst growing prosperity. Unschooled in conventional economics, he embarked on a quest to understand this universal conundrum.
Published in 1879, Progress and Poverty challenged prevailing political-economic theories and posited a natural alliance between labo…
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9781911405078 |
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ISBN-10: | 1911405071 |
Author: | Henry George |
Publisher: | Aziloth Books |
Imprint: | Aziloth Books |
Format: | Paperback |
Number of Pages: | 356 |
Release Date: | 10 August 2016 |
Weight: | 478g |
Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 19mm |
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“Men like Henry George are rare, unfortunately. One cannot imagine a more beautiful combination of intellectual keenness, artistic form, and fervent love of justice.” - Albert Einstein “in Henry George’s philosophy a rare beauty and power of inspiration, and a splendid faith in the essential nobility of human nature.” - Helen Keller No man, no graduate of a higher educational institution, has a right to regard himself as an educated man in social thought unless he has some first-hand acquaintance with the theoretical contribution of this great American thinker… It is the thorough fusion of insight into actual facts and forces, with recognition of their bearing upon what makes human life worth living, that constitutes Henry George one of the world’s great social philosophers. - John Dewey
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