Progress and Poverty : Why There Are Recessions and Poverty amid Plenty - and What to Do about It!. This item is unavailable.
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- Title
- Progress and Poverty : Why There Are Recessions and Poverty amid Plenty - and What to Do about It!
- Author
- George, Henry
- Publisher
- Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers, Limited
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0911312986
- ISBN 13
- 9780911312980
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- 0.816 pounds
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Why There Are Recessions And Poverty Amid Plenty- And What To Do About It! One of the world's best-selling books on political economy edited and abridged for modern readers. Many economists and politicians foster the illusion that great fortunes and poverty stem from the presence or absence of individual skill and risk-taking. Henry George, by contrast, showed that the wealth gap occurs because a few people are allowed to monopolize natural opportunities and deny them to others. George did not advocate equality of income, the forcible redistribution of wealth, or government management of the economy. He simply believed that in a society not burdened by the demands of a privileged elite, a full and satisfying life would be attainable by everyone.
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Review
The greatest economics treatist ever written by an American. --Michael Kinsley
The main, underlying idea of Henry George... is an argument that makes an awful lot of sense. --Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate; author of Globalization and Its Discontents
A century ago, Henry George was by far the most widely read writer on economics. He wrote about matters of deep and broad concern, with conviction - with a style whose passion and vigor commanded attention. The substance of his messages also justified attention then and does today. --C. Lowell Harriss, Columbia University
The main, underlying idea of Henry George... is an argument that makes an awful lot of sense. --Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate; author of Globalization and Its Discontents
A century ago, Henry George was by far the most widely read writer on economics. He wrote about matters of deep and broad concern, with conviction - with a style whose passion and vigor commanded attention. The substance of his messages also justified attention then and does today. --C. Lowell Harriss, Columbia University
The main, underlying idea of Henry George... is an argument that makes an awful lot of sense. --Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate; author of Globalization and Its Discontents
A century ago, Henry George was by far the most widely read writer on economics. He wrote about matters of deep and broad concern, with conviction - with a style whose passion and vigor commanded attention. The substance of his messages also justified attention then and does today. --C. Lowell Harriss, Columbia University
The main, underlying idea of Henry George... is an argument that makes an awful lot of sense. --Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate; author of Globalization and Its Discontents
A century ago, Henry George was by far the most widely read writer on economics. He wrote about matters of deep and broad concern, with conviction - with a style whose passion and vigor commanded attention. The substance of his messages also justified attention then and does today. --C. Lowell Harriss, Columbia University
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