Progress and Poverty, 9781911405078
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Wealth amidst poverty: understanding and solving inequality’s persistent paradox.

Progress and Poverty

an inquiry into the cause of increase of want with increase of wealth: the remedy

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    356 pages

  • Release Date

    10 August 2016

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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
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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