Author: Emory Richard Johnson
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Category : Panama Canal (Panama)
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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The Relation of the Panama Canal to the Traffic and Rates of American Railroads
Author: Emory Richard Johnson
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Category : Panama Canal (Panama)
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Publisher:
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Category : Panama Canal (Panama)
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Proceedings of the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries in the Investigation of Shipping Combinations Under House Resolution 587
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
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Category : Shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Publisher:
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Category : Shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Proceedings of ... in the Investigation of Shipping Combinations Under House Resolution 587
Author: United States. Congress. House Merchant Marine and Fisheries
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Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Bulletin of the American Geographical Society
Author: American Geographical Society of New York
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1154
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1154
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Bulletin of the American Geographical Society of New York
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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The Annotated Works of Henry George
Author: Francis K. Peddle
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1611479428
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Henry George (1839–1897) rose to fame as a social reformer and economist amid the industrial and intellectual turbulence of the late nineteenth century. His best-selling Progress and Poverty (1879) captures the ravages of privileged monopolies and the woes of industrialization in a language of eloquent indignation. His reform agenda resonates as powerfully today as it did in the Gilded Age, and his impassioned prose and compelling thought inspired such diverse figures as Leo Tolstoy, John Dewey, Sun Yat-Sen, Winston Churchill, and Albert Einstein. This six-volume edition of The Annotated Works of Henry George assembles all his major works for the first time with new introductions, critical annotations, extensive bibliographical material, and comprehensive indexing to provide a wealth of resources for scholars and reformers. Volume II of this series presents the unabridged text of Progress and Poverty, arguably the most influential work of Henry George. The original text is supplemented by notes which explain the changes George made during his lifetime and the many references he made to history, literature, economics, and public policy. A new index augments accessibility to the text and key terms. The introductory essay, “The Rhetoric and the Remedy,” by series co-editor William S. Peirce, provides an overview of the historical context for George’s philosophy of economics and summarizes the argument of Progress and Poverty within the framework of the economic theories of his day. It then looks at some of the early reactions by leading economists and opinion makers to George’s fervent and eloquent call for economic justice. Henry George wrote Progress and Poverty in order to identify and resolve the great paradox of modern industrial life. How was it possible for abject poverty, financial instability, and extreme economic inequality to co-exist with rising productivity and technological progress? He analyzed and rejected the widely held beliefs that poverty inevitably followed from the laws of economics or from a Darwinian struggle for survival of the fittest. George concluded that at the heart of this dilemma was how society treated natural resources, especially urban land. He did not succumb to the panacea of arbitrarily confiscating property or taking from the rich to give to the poor. George argued that taxes on productive labor and capital should be drastically reduced. His “sovereign remedy” declared that public goods could be adequately funded from the returns to land and other natural resources. The activities of society as a whole give land its value. It is therefore both equitable and efficient for the community to tax or recapture land values to support the activities of government.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1611479428
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Henry George (1839–1897) rose to fame as a social reformer and economist amid the industrial and intellectual turbulence of the late nineteenth century. His best-selling Progress and Poverty (1879) captures the ravages of privileged monopolies and the woes of industrialization in a language of eloquent indignation. His reform agenda resonates as powerfully today as it did in the Gilded Age, and his impassioned prose and compelling thought inspired such diverse figures as Leo Tolstoy, John Dewey, Sun Yat-Sen, Winston Churchill, and Albert Einstein. This six-volume edition of The Annotated Works of Henry George assembles all his major works for the first time with new introductions, critical annotations, extensive bibliographical material, and comprehensive indexing to provide a wealth of resources for scholars and reformers. Volume II of this series presents the unabridged text of Progress and Poverty, arguably the most influential work of Henry George. The original text is supplemented by notes which explain the changes George made during his lifetime and the many references he made to history, literature, economics, and public policy. A new index augments accessibility to the text and key terms. The introductory essay, “The Rhetoric and the Remedy,” by series co-editor William S. Peirce, provides an overview of the historical context for George’s philosophy of economics and summarizes the argument of Progress and Poverty within the framework of the economic theories of his day. It then looks at some of the early reactions by leading economists and opinion makers to George’s fervent and eloquent call for economic justice. Henry George wrote Progress and Poverty in order to identify and resolve the great paradox of modern industrial life. How was it possible for abject poverty, financial instability, and extreme economic inequality to co-exist with rising productivity and technological progress? He analyzed and rejected the widely held beliefs that poverty inevitably followed from the laws of economics or from a Darwinian struggle for survival of the fittest. George concluded that at the heart of this dilemma was how society treated natural resources, especially urban land. He did not succumb to the panacea of arbitrarily confiscating property or taking from the rich to give to the poor. George argued that taxes on productive labor and capital should be drastically reduced. His “sovereign remedy” declared that public goods could be adequately funded from the returns to land and other natural resources. The activities of society as a whole give land its value. It is therefore both equitable and efficient for the community to tax or recapture land values to support the activities of government.
Railway Age Gazette
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1338
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1338
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Panama Canal Traffic and Tolls
Author: Emory Richard Johnson
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Category : Kaiser Wilhelm Canal
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Category : Kaiser Wilhelm Canal
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Year Book
Author: Society of the Chagres
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Annual Report of the Public Printer ...
Author: United States. Government Printing Office
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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