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242 pages, 24 chapters, and about 68,298 words in the edition this archive serves.

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Henry Hazlitt (born 1894) was a well-known journalist who wrote on economic affairs for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Newsweek among many. He is perhaps best known as the author of the classic Economics in One Lesson (1946). This archive holds 20 of Hazlitt's works.

First published 1973

The Conquest of Poverty

by Henry Hazlitt

New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1973.242 pagesISBN 9781610160247Updated December 19, 2011

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Author: Henry Hazlitt
First published: 1973
Format: PDF and EPUB
Pages: 242
ISBN: 9781610160247
Publisher: New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House
License: Published here by permission. The work itself reserves all rights; it is not Creative Commons.

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Long before Charles Murray took on the topic, Henry Hazlitt wrote an outstanding book on poverty that not only provided an empirical examination of the problem but also presented a rigorous theory for understanding the relationship between poverty and income growth.

He examines poverty in the ancient world, the poor laws of England, the advance of the middle class in the United States, the failure of welfare programs, the fallacies associated with income redistribution, and the relationship between population and poverty.

Its 20 chapters are outstanding essays that make for a well-integrated text on the topic, one which holds up as prophetic in every way, having foreshadowing welfare reform but also pointing the way toward even more radical reforms. The way out of poverty, he explains, is freedom, and freedom alone. 240 pages plus index.

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Is The Conquest of Poverty free to download?: Yes. The complete 242-page PDF and EPUB downloads directly from this page (10.4 MB). There is no signup, no account and no paywall.
How long is The Conquest of Poverty?: 242 pages, 24 chapters, and about 68,298 words in the edition this archive serves.
Is The Conquest of Poverty in the public domain?: No. This edition is published here by permission and the work itself reserves all rights. It is free to read and download from this archive, but it is not public domain and not Creative Commons.
Who wrote The Conquest of Poverty?: Henry Hazlitt (born 1894) was a well-known journalist who wrote on economic affairs for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Newsweek among many. He is perhaps best known as the author of the classic Economics in One Lesson (1946). This archive holds 20 of Hazlitt's works.

What's in it

20 chapters · 68,298 words · page numbers are this file's

Chapter 1 - The Problem of Povertyp. 12
Chapter 2 - Poverty and Populationp. 19
Chapter 3 - Defining Povertyp. 30
Chapter 4 - The Distribution of Incomep. 39
Chapter 5 - The Story of Negro Gainsp. 58
Chapter 6 - Poor Relief in Ancient Romep. 65
Chapter 7 - The Poor Laws of Englandp. 71
Chapter 8 - The Ballooning Welfare Statep. 84
Chapter 9 - Welfarism Gone Wildp. 92
Chapter 10 - The Fallacy of "Providing Jobs"p. 104
Chapter 11 - Should We Divide the Wealth?p. 112
Chapter 12 - On Appeasing Envyp. 124
Chapter 13 - How Unions Reduce Real Wagesp. 130
Chapter 14 - False Remedies for Povertyp. 142
Chapter 15 - Why Socialism Doesn't Workp. 149
Chapter 16 - Foreign Investments vs. "Aid"p. 158
Chapter 17 - Why Some Are Poorerp. 177
Chapter 18 - The Role of Governmentp. 186
Chapter 19 - Private Property, Public Purposep. 209
Chapter 20 - The Cure for Povertyp. 228

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Henry Hazlitt b. 1894

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