{"product_id":"progress-and-poverty-an-inquiry-into-the-cause-of-increase-of-want-with-increase-of-wealth-the-remedy-paperback","title":"Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth: The Remedy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry George\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1839, Henry George learned about poverty early in life, first as a boy-sailor and afterwards by working as a type-setter with a wife and children to support. A talented writer, he gradually rose to become managing editor of the San Francisco Times, and later set up his own crusading journal, the \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Daily Evening Post, \u003c\/em\u003eonly to see his newspaper crushed by the combined power of the press and telegraphic monopolies. Undaunted, George set himself the task of explaining a universal economic conundrum - why does a country's increasing prosperity always result in the most abject poverty for the lowest strata of society? Untrained in economics, he came to the subject with fresh eyes: \"\u003cem\u003eI had no theory to support, no conclusions to prove. Only, when I first realized the squalid misery of a great city, it appalled and tormented me, and would not let me rest, for thinking of what caused it and how it could be cured\".\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe result of this enquiry was published in 1879 as \u003cem\u003eProgress and Poverty\u003c\/em\u003e. It rejected many of the prevailing political­-economic theories, and claimed a natural alliance between worker and capitalist. Using clear, reasoned arguments Henry George was able to show that the real villain of the piece was the \u003cem\u003erentier, \u003c\/em\u003ethe landowner who (unlike labour or capital), contributed nothing to the production of wealth but who was able to take the lion's share from increased rents as a city grew - because land became more valuable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis then, was the source of increasing poverty in an increasingly wealthy society: \"\u003cem\u003eWhen non-producers can claim as rent a portion of the wealth created by producers, the right of the producers to the fruits of their labor is to that extent denied. There is no escape from this position\". \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe then proposed the revolutionary idea of abolishing all present taxes (which he saw, quite rightly, as an imposition on the productive sector) and replacing it with a tax on land. \u003cem\u003eProgress and Poverty \u003c\/em\u003ecaused a sensation, selling well over 3 million copies and winning praise from such great minds as Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Leo Tolstoy and Sun Yat-sen. American Philosopher John Dewey wrote that unless one was acquainted with Henry George's ideas \"\u003cem\u003eNo man, no graduate of a higher educational institution, has a right to regard himself as an educated man in social thought...\" \u003c\/em\u003eThis book is required reading for all those worried by the increasing disparity of wealth in modern society, and will open up a new vista of possible solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 356\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 10, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51964747120941,"sku":"9781911405078","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/progress-and-poverty-an-inquiry-into-the-cause-of-increase-of-want-with-increase-of-wealth-the-remedy-paperback-3322618.webp?v=1775472965","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/progress-and-poverty-an-inquiry-into-the-cause-of-increase-of-want-with-increase-of-wealth-the-remedy-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}