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A major economic reform text on land, rent, inequality, wages, poverty, and the single tax.

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Progress and Poverty

Progress and Poverty asks why industrial progress can coexist with deep poverty, focusing on land ownership, economic rent, speculation, wages, inequality, and social reform. Henry George argues for taxing land values and became a major voice in nineteenth-century political economy, urban reform, and debates over justice and property.

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Progress and Poverty

This Memorial Edition of the Writings of Henry George is limited to one thousand numbered copies, of which this is

No. 4

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MEMORIAL EDITION OF THE WRITINGS OF HENRY GEORGE

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Make for thyself a definition or description of the thing which is presented to thee, so as to see distinctly what kind of a thing it is, in its substance, in its nudity, in its complete entirety, and tell thyself its proper name, and the names of the things of which it has been compounded, and into which it will be resolved. For nothing is so productive of elevation of mind as to be able to examine methodically and truly every object which is presented to thee in life, and always to look at things so as to see at the same time what kind of universe this is, and what kind of use everything performs in it, and what value everything has with reference to the whole, and what with reference to man, who is a citizen of the highest city, of which all other cities are like families; what each thing is, and of what it is composed, and how long it is the nature of this thing to endure.—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus.

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02MEMORIAL EDITION OF THE WRITINGS OF HENRY GEORGE
  3. 03VOL. I.
  4. 04THE WRITINGS OF HENRY GEORGE
  5. 05THE REMEDY
  6. 06NEW YORK: DOUBLEDAY AND MCCLURE COMPANY 1898
  7. 07HENRY GEORGE
  8. 08THE DE VINNE PRESS.
  9. 09PREFACE TO FOURTH EDITION.
  10. 10INTRODUCTORY.
  11. 11THE PROBLEM.
  12. 12INTRODUCTORY.
  13. 13THE PROBLEM.
  14. 14BOOK I.
  15. 15WAGES AND CAPITAL.
  16. 16CHAPTER I.—THE CURRENT DOCTRINE—ITS INSUFFICIENCY.
  17. 17CHAPTER II.—THE MEANING OF THE TERMS.
  18. 18CHAPTER IV.—THE MAINTENANCE OF LABORERS NOT DRAWN FROM CAPITAL.
  19. 19CHAPTER V.—THE REAL FUNCTIONS OF CAPITAL.
  20. 20CHAPTER I.
  21. 21THE CURRENT DOCTRINE OF WAGES—ITS INSUFFICIENCY.
  22. 22CHAPTER II.
  23. 23THE MEANING OF THE TERMS.
  24. 24CHAPTER III.
  25. 25CHAPTER IV.
  26. 26THE MAINTENANCE OF LABORERS NOT DRAWN FROM CAPITAL.
  27. 27CHAPTER V.
  28. 28THE REAL FUNCTIONS OF CAPITAL.
  29. 29BOOK II.
  30. 30POPULATION AND SUBSISTENCE.
  31. 31CHAPTER I.—THE MALTHUSIAN THEORY, ITS GENESIS AND SUPPORT.
  32. 32CHAPTER II.—INFERENCES FROM FACTS.
  33. 33CHAPTER III.—INFERENCES FROM ANALOGY.
  34. 34CHAPTER IV.—DISPROOF OF THE MALTHUSIAN THEORY.
  35. 35CHAPTER I.
  36. 36THE MALTHUSIAN THEORY, ITS GENESIS AND SUPPORT.
  37. 37CHAPTER II.
  38. 38INFERENCES FROM FACTS.
  39. 39CHAPTER III.
  40. 40INFERENCES FROM ANALOGY.
  41. 41CHAPTER IV.
  42. 42DISPROOF OF THE MALTHUSIAN THEORY.
  43. 43I thus distinctly join issue, and submit the question to the test of facts.
  44. 44BOOK III.
  45. 45THE LAWS OF DISTRIBUTION.
  46. 46CHAPTER I.—THE INQUIRY NARROWED TO THE LAWS OF DISTRIBUTION—NECESSARY RELATION OF THESE LAWS.
  47. 47CHAPTER II.—RENT AND THE LAW OF RENT.
  48. 48CHAPTER III.—INTEREST AND THE CAUSE OF INTEREST.
  49. 49CHAPTER IV.—OF SPURIOUS CAPITAL AND OF PROFITS OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR INTEREST.
  50. 50CHAPTER V.—THE LAW OF INTEREST.
  51. 51CHAPTER VI.—WAGES AND THE LAW OF WAGES.
  52. 52CHAPTER VII.—CORRELATION AND CO-ORDINATION OF THESE LAWS.
  53. 53CHAPTER VIII.—THE STATICS OF THE PROBLEM THUS EXPLAINED.
  54. 54CHAPTER I.
  55. 55CHAPTER II.
  56. 56RENT AND THE LAW OF RENT.
  57. 57CHAPTER III.
  58. 58OF INTEREST AND THE CAUSE OF INTEREST.
  59. 59CHAPTER IV.
  60. 60OF SPURIOUS CAPITAL AND OF PROFITS OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR INTEREST.
  61. 61CHAPTER V.
  62. 62THE LAW OF INTEREST.
  63. 63CHAPTER VI.
  64. 64WAGES AND THE LAW OF WAGES.
  65. 65CHAPTER VII.
  66. 66THE CORRELATION AND CO-ORDINATION OF THESE LAWS.
  67. 67CHAPTER VIII.
  68. 68THE STATICS OF THE PROBLEM THUS EXPLAINED.
  69. 69BOOK IV.
  70. 70EFFECT OF MATERIAL PROGRESS UPON THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH.
  71. 71CHAPTER I.—THE DYNAMICS OF THE PROBLEM YET TO SEEK.
  72. 72CHAPTER II.—EFFECT OF INCREASE OF POPULATION UPON THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH.
  73. 73CHAPTER III.—EFFECT OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ARTS UPON THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH.
  74. 74CHAPTER IV.—EFFECT OF THE EXPECTATION RAISED BY MATERIAL PROGRESS.
  75. 75CHAPTER I.
  76. 76THE DYNAMICS OF THE PROBLEM YET TO SEEK.
  77. 77CHAPTER II.
  78. 78THE EFFECT OF INCREASE OF POPULATION UPON THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH.
  79. 79CHAPTER III.
  80. 80THE EFFECT OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ARTS UPON THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH.
  81. 81CHAPTER IV.
  82. 82EFFECT OF THE EXPECTATION RAISED BY MATERIAL PROGRESS.
  83. 83BOOK V.
  84. 84THE PROBLEM SOLVED.
  85. 85CHAPTER I.—THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF RECURRING PAROXYSMS OF INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION.
  86. 86CHAPTER II.—THE PERSISTENCE OF POVERTY AMID ADVANCING WEALTH.
  87. 87CHAPTER I.
  88. 88THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF RECURRING PAROXYSMS OF INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION.
  89. 89CHAPTER II.
  90. 90THE PERSISTENCE OF POVERTY AMID ADVANCING WEALTH.
  91. 91MEMORIAL EDITION OF THE WRITINGS OF HENRY GEORGE
  92. 92VOL. II.
  93. 93THE WRITINGS OF HENRY GEORGE
  94. 94PROGRESS AND POVERTY
  95. 95THE REMEDY
  96. 96HENRY GEORGE
  97. 97THE DE VINNE PRESS.
  98. 98BOOK VI.
  99. 99THE REMEDY.
  100. 100CHAPTER I.—INSUFFICIENCY OF REMEDIES CURRENTLY ADVOCATED.
  101. 101CHAPTER II.—THE TRUE REMEDY.
  102. 102CHAPTER I.
  103. 103INSUFFICIENCY OF REMEDIES CURRENTLY ADVOCATED.
  104. 104I. From greater economy in government.
  105. 105II. From the better education of the working classes and improved habits of industry and thrift.
  106. 106III. From combinations of workmen for the advance of wages.
  107. 107IV. From the co-operation of labor and capital.
  108. 108V. From governmental direction and interference.
  109. 109VI. From a more general distribution of land.
  110. 110CHAPTER II.
  111. 111THE TRUE REMEDY.
  112. 112BOOK VII.
  113. 113JUSTICE OF THE REMEDY.
  114. 114CHAPTER I.—INJUSTICE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY IN LAND.
  115. 115CHAPTER II.—ENSLAVEMENT OF LABORERS THE ULTIMATE RESULT OF PRIVATE PROPERTY IN LAND.
  116. 116CHAPTER III.—CLAIM OF LAND OWNERS TO COMPENSATION.
  117. 117CHAPTER IV.—PROPERTY IN LAND HISTORICALLY CONSIDERED.
  118. 118CHAPTER V.—PROPERTY IN LAND IN THE UNITED STATES.
  119. 119CHAPTER I.
  120. 120THE INJUSTICE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY IN LAND.
  121. 121CHAPTER II.
  122. 122THE ENSLAVEMENT OF LABORERS THE ULTIMATE RESULT OF PRIVATE PROPERTY IN LAND.
  123. 123CHAPTER III.
  124. 124CLAIM OF LAND OWNERS TO COMPENSATION.
  125. 125FOOTNOTES
  126. 126CHAPTER IV.
  127. 127PRIVATE PROPERTY IN LAND HISTORICALLY CONSIDERED.
  128. 128CHAPTER V.
  129. 129OF PROPERTY IN LAND IN THE UNITED STATES.
  130. 130BOOK VIII.
  131. 131APPLICATION OF THE REMEDY.
  132. 132CHAPTER I.—PRIVATE PROPERTY IN LAND INCONSISTENT WITH THE BEST USE OF LAND.
  133. 133CHAPTER II.—HOW EQUAL RIGHTS TO THE LAND MAY BE ASSERTED AND SECURED.
  134. 134CHAPTER III.—THE PROPOSITION TRIED BY THE CANONS OF TAXATION.
  135. 135CHAPTER IV.—INDORSEMENTS AND OBJECTIONS.
  136. 136CHAPTER I.
  137. 137PRIVATE PROPERTY IN LAND INCONSISTENT WITH THE BEST USE OF LAND.
  138. 138CHAPTER II.
  139. 139HOW EQUAL RIGHTS TO THE LAND MAY BE ASSERTED AND SECURED.
  140. 140CHAPTER III.
  141. 141THE PROPOSITION TRIED BY THE CANONS OF TAXATION.
  142. 142CHAPTER IV.
  143. 143INDORSEMENTS AND OBJECTIONS.
  144. 144BOOK IX.
  145. 145EFFECTS OF THE REMEDY.
  146. 146CHAPTER I.—OF THE EFFECT UPON THE PRODUCTION OF WEALTH.
  147. 147CHAPTER II.—OF THE EFFECT UPON DISTRIBUTION AND THENCE UPON PRODUCTION.
  148. 148CHAPTER III.—OF THE EFFECT UPON INDIVIDUALS AND CLASSES.
  149. 149CHAPTER IV.—OF THE CHANGES THAT WOULD BE WROUGHT IN SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL LIFE.
  150. 150CHAPTER I.
  151. 151OF THE EFFECT UPON THE PRODUCTION OF WEALTH.
  152. 152CHAPTER II.
  153. 153OF THE EFFECT UPON DISTRIBUTION AND THENCE UPON PRODUCTION.
  154. 154CHAPTER III.
  155. 155OF THE EFFECT UPON INDIVIDUALS AND CLASSES.
  156. 156CHAPTER IV.
  157. 157OF THE CHANGES THAT WOULD BE WROUGHT IN SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL LIFE.
  158. 158BOOK X.
  159. 159THE LAW OF HUMAN PROGRESS.
  160. 160CHAPTER I.—THE CURRENT THEORY OF HUMAN PROGRESS—ITS INSUFFICIENCY.
  161. 161CHAPTER II.—DIFFERENCES IN CIVILIZATION—TO WHAT DUE.
  162. 162CHAPTER III.—THE LAW OF HUMAN PROGRESS.
  163. 163CHAPTER IV.—HOW MODERN CIVILIZATION MAY DECLINE.
  164. 164CHAPTER V.—THE CENTRAL TRUTH.
  165. 165CHAPTER I.
  166. 166THE CURRENT THEORY OF HUMAN PROGRESS—ITS INSUFFICIENCY.
  167. 167CHAPTER II.
  168. 168DIFFERENCES IN CIVILIZATION—TO WHAT DUE.
  169. 169CHAPTER III.
  170. 170THE LAW OF HUMAN PROGRESS.
  171. 171CHAPTER IV.
  172. 172HOW MODERN CIVILIZATION MAY DECLINE.
  173. 173CHAPTER V.
  174. 174THE CENTRAL TRUTH.
  175. 175CONCLUSION.
  176. 176THE PROBLEM OF INDIVIDUAL LIFE.
  177. 177CONCLUSION.
  178. 178THE PROBLEM OF INDIVIDUAL LIFE.

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