{"title":"Henry George","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"progress-and-poverty-the-complete-works-of-henry-george-paperback","title":"Progress and Poverty - The Complete Works of Henry George - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Progress and Poverty is not so much a book as an event. The life and thought of no one capable of understanding it can be quite the same after reading it.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Emma Lazarus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this landmark text, Henry George lays out his study of questions of why poverty partners with economic and technological progress. His theory of single land tax proposed in this book was so influential it spurred progressive economic reform.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry George was an American political economist and journalist. His 1879 work \u003ci\u003eProgress and Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e explored the paradox of increasing poverty and inequality amongst economic progress. He looked into the causes of industrial depressions and focused his efforts on anti-monopoly reforms to remedy economic and social problems by introducing his solution: a single land tax.\u003c\/p\u003e Volumes within this book include: \u003col\u003eWages and Capital\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003col\u003ePopulation and Subsistence\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003col\u003eThe Laws of Distribution\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003col\u003eEffect of Material Progress Upon the Distribution of Wealth\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003col\u003eThe Problem Solved\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003col\u003eThe Remedy\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003col\u003eJustice of the Remedy\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003col\u003eApplication of the Remedy\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003col\u003eEffects of the Remedy\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003col\u003eThe Law of Human Progress\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eHighly influential in its time and admired by many intellectual contemporaries, \u003ci\u003eProgress and Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e was a founding text in Georgist ideology. Republished by Read \u0026amp; Co. Books, it is an essential read for those looking to learn more about the critical economic theories and social reforms throughout history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367057359071,"sku":"9781443771399","price":54.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/96ds51R5lV9781443771399.webp?v=1789102280"},{"product_id":"progress-and-poverty-paperback","title":"Progress and Poverty - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1879, \"Progress and Poverty\" is the ground-breaking treatise on the relationship between industrialization and poverty by Henry George, the American social theorist and economist. A huge commercial success when it was published and one of the best-selling books in America in the late 19th century, George's work had a profound influence on economists, politicians, and social reformers all over the world. In \"Progress and Poverty\", George attempted to understand why the technical and economic progress of the Industrial Age was so often accompanied by increases in poverty and human suffering. These \"boom and bust\" cycles in the economy had devastating impacts on countless numbers of people and George sought to find better solutions to these pressing problems. The solution that he proposed was radical at the time: a tax on land so that the value of private property could protect the most vulnerable from the fluctuations in the larger economy. Many of his ideas were instrumental to a new progressive social movement and have been adopted by several countries in the century since his work was first published. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378720178399,"sku":"9781420968880","price":23.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/A83kOkMlN29781420968880.webp?v=1789261579"},{"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":"\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","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378742722783,"sku":"9781911405078","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/3QK32mOA4H9781911405078.webp?v=1789261631"},{"product_id":"progress-and-poverty-paperback-1","title":"Progress and Poverty - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Progress and Poverty, Henry George confronts the paradox of rising wealth alongside deepening poverty. With clarity and passion, he proposes a bold remedy: the single tax on land. This influential work ignited a global movement and remains a powerful call for economic justice and reform.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51381310685407,"sku":"9798349427701","price":23.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Z2JMN-3jMs9798349427701.webp?v=1789282908"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/henry-george.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}