Progress and Poverty

by George, Henry

• ISBN13: 9780911312102
• ISBN10: 0911312102
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1979-07-01
• Publisher: Robert Schalkenbach Fndtn

Table of Contents

The Great Enigma of Our Times	p. 1
The Importance of Defining Terms	p. 8
Wages and Capital	p. 19
The Source of Wages	p. 24
The Functions of Capital	p. 38
Population and Subsistence	p. 42
The Distribution of Wealth	p. 65
The Law of Rent	p. 70
The Law of Wages	p. 76
Interest on Capital	p. 86
The Effect of Material Progress on the Distribution of Wealth	p. 92
The Unbounded Savannah	p. 101
The Primary Cause of Industrial Depressions	p. 109
The Persistence of Poverty Amidst Advancing Wealth	p. 119
Examination of Some Proposed Remedies	p. 125
The Enigma Resolved - The First Great Reform	p. 138
The Proposition Tried by the Canons of Taxation	p. 142
Endorsements and Objections	p. 151
Property in Land Historically Considered	p. 157
The Rightful Basis of Property	p. 166
Claim of Landowners to Compensation	p. 176
Changes Wrought in Economic and Social Life	p. 184
The Master Motive of Human Action	p. 191
The Law of Human Progress	p. 200
How Modern Civilization May Decline	p. 218
The Call of Liberty	p. 226
Conclusion	p. 233
App. I: A Biographical Sketch	p. 240
App. II: An Anthology	p. 244
Index	p. 249
Books by Henry George	p. 260
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