Progress and Poverty, Volumes I and II
An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of WealthBy Henry George
Length18h 58m
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'Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth: The Remedy' is an 1879 book by social theorist and economist Henry George. It is a treatise on the questions of why poverty accompanies economic and technological progress, and why economies exhibit a tendency toward cyclical boom and bust. George uses history and deductive logic to argue for a radical solution focusing on the capture of economic rent from natural resource and land titles.
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GenreBusiness and Economics
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Publish dateNov 20, 2023
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Table of contents
1INTRODUCTORY.
24CHAPTER II. THE PERSISTENCE OF POVERTY AMID ADVANCING WEALTH.
2CHAPTER I. THE CURRENT DOCTRINE OF WAGES—ITS INSUFFICIENCY.
25CHAPTER I. INSUFFICIENCY OF REMEDIES CURRENTLY ADVOCATED.
3CHAPTER II. THE MEANING OF THE TERMS.
26CHAPTER II. THE TRUE REMEDY.
4CHAPTER III. WAGES NOT DRAWN FROM CAPITAL, BUT PRODUCED BY THE LABOR.
27CHAPTER I. THE INJUSTICE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY IN LAND.
5CHAPTER IV. THE MAINTENANCE OF LABORERS NOT DRAWN FROM CAPITAL.
28CHAPTER II. THE ENSLAVEMENT OF LABORERS THE ULTIMATE RESULT OF PRIVATE PROPERTY IN LAND.
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6CHAPTER V. THE REAL FUNCTIONS OF CAPITAL.
29CHAPTER III. CLAIM OF LAND OWNERS TO COMPENSATION.
7CHAPTER I. THE MALTHUSIAN THEORY, ITS GENESIS AND SUPPORT.
30CHAPTER IV. PRIVATE PROPERTY IN LAND HISTORICALLY CONSIDERED.
8CHAPTER II. INFERENCES FROM FACTS.
31CHAPTER V. OF PROPERTY IN LAND IN THE UNITED STATES.
9CHAPTER III. INFERENCES FROM ANALOGY.
32CHAPTER I. PRIVATE PROPERTY IN LAND INCONSISTENT WITH THE BEST USE OF LAND.
10CHAPTER IV. DISPROOF OF THE MALTHUSIAN THEORY.
33CHAPTER II. HOW EQUAL RIGHTS TO THE LAND MAY BE ASSERTED AND SECURED.
11CHAPTER I. THE INQUIRY NARROWED TO THE LAWS OF DISTRIBUTION—THE NECESSARY RELATION OF THESE LAWS.
34CHAPTER III. THE PROPOSITION TRIED BY THE CANONS OF TAXATION.
12CHAPTER II. RENT AND THE LAW OF RENT.
35CHAPTER IV. INDORSEMENTS AND OBJECTIONS.
13CHAPTER III. OF INTEREST AND THE CAUSE OF INTEREST.
36CHAPTER I. OF THE EFFECT UPON THE PRODUCTION OF WEALTH.
14CHAPTER IV. OF SPURIOUS CAPITAL AND OF PROFITS OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR INTEREST.
37CHAPTER II. OF THE EFFECT UPON DISTRIBUTION AND THENCE UPON PRODUCTION.
15CHAPTER V. THE LAW OF INTEREST.
38CHAPTER III. OF THE EFFECT UPON INDIVIDUALS AND CLASSES.
16CHAPTER VI. WAGES AND THE LAW OF WAGES.
39CHAPTER IV. OF THE CHANGES THAT WOULD BE WROUGHT IN SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL LIFE.
17CHAPTER VII. THE CORRELATION AND CO-ORDINATION OF THESE LAWS.
40CHAPTER I. THE CURRENT THEORY OF HUMAN PROGRESS—ITS INSUFFICIENCY.
18CHAPTER VIII. THE STATICS OF THE PROBLEM THUS EXPLAINED.
41CHAPTER II. DIFFERENCES IN CIVILIZATION—TO WHAT DUE.
19CHAPTER I. THE DYNAMICS OF THE PROBLEM YET TO SEEK.
42CHAPTER III. THE LAW OF HUMAN PROGRESS.
20CHAPTER II. THE EFFECT OF INCREASE OF POPULATION UPON THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH.
43CHAPTER IV. HOW MODERN CIVILIZATION MAY DECLINE.
21CHAPTER III. THE EFFECT OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ARTS UPON THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH.
44CHAPTER V. THE CENTRAL TRUTH.
22CHAPTER IV. EFFECT OF THE EXPECTATION RAISED BY MATERIAL PROGRESS.
45CONCLUSION. THE PROBLEM OF INDIVIDUAL LIFE.
23CHAPTER I. THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF RECURRING PAROXYSMS OF INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION.
46INDEX.
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