First published 1935
Progress and Poverty
Progress and Poverty by Henry George is available as a free PDF download at freecapitalists.org.
- Henry George
- First published
- 1935
- Format
- Pages
- 593
- Publisher
- Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, New York
- License
- Still in copyright: this work was published in the 1932-1963 window when US copyright had to be renewed after 28 years, and a renewal for it was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. It is free to read and download from this archive, but it is not public domain and not Creative Commons.
Henry George Progress and Poverty
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- Is Progress and Poverty free to download?
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- How long is Progress and Poverty?
- 593 pages and 14 chapters in the edition this archive serves.
- Is Progress and Poverty in the public domain?
- No. US works published between 1932 and 1963 kept copyright past 28 years if someone filed a renewal, and a renewal for this work was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. It is free to read and download from this archive, but it is not public domain and not Creative Commons.
- Who wrote Progress and Poverty?
- Henry George (1839–1897) was a prolific author who was a strong defender of free trade and an advocate of the idea of a single tax on land. This archive holds 3 of George's works.
What's in it
14 chapters · page numbers are this file's
- Forewordp. 9
- Preface to the Fourth Editionp. 15
- Introductoryp. 23
- Book I. Wages and Capitalp. 37
- Book II. Population and Subsistencep. 111
- Book III. The Laws of Distributionp. 173
- Book IV. Effect of Material Progrss upon the Distribution of Wealthp. 247
- Book V. The Problem Solvedp. 283
- Book VI. The Remedyp. 319
- Book VII. Justice of the Remedyp. 353
- Book VIII. Application of the Remedyp. 417
- Book IX. Effects of the Remedyp. 453
- Book X. The Law of Human Progressp. 495
- Conclusionp. 575
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