Henry George's writings on the United Kingdom

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Wenzer, Kenneth C.
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2002.
• Σειρά: Research in the history of economic thought and methodology ; v. 20, pt. 2.
• Θέματα: Business & Economics > Economics > General.; Economic theory & philosophy.; USA.; Land use > Great Britain > History.

Henry George's political economy has been hailed as one of the great contributions of American social criticism. His writings have, however, invited interpretation in contradictory fashion. Commentaries have used him to uphold laissez-faire social Darwinism allowing for the aggrandizement of mo...

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• From the visionary Utopia / Kenneth C. Wenzer
• Land and people
• Scotland and Scotsmen
• Mr. Chamberlain translated into plain English : an interview with Mr. Henry George
• Henry George in Scotland
• Address of welcome to Mr. Henry George from the Dundee and district united trades' council
• Henry George preaches in Dundee : Gilfillan Memorial Church filled to overflowing; devotional services conducted by the Pastor, Rev. David Macrae
• Address by Henry George in the city hall, Glasgow on August 20, 1890
• An editorial: progress and poverty
• Two articles from the Irish Times
• Mr. Henry George on the progress of his principles
• The morning papers : epitome of opinion; George the fifth's Utopia
• Mr. Henry George at Oxford : disorderly meeting
• Chapter IV. The evolution of the scientific point of view in economics
• Henry George in England : plan of his single-tax campaign to help the Irish
• Henry George in England : the English campaign
• Henry George in England : the single-tax campaign there attracting great attention
• Interview with Henry George : progress of the single-tax movement in various parts of the world; answer to questions about the proposed system; the irrepressible widow and orphan
• What the papers in Great Britain say
• Travels in the west of Ireland
• Henry George in Manchester : the financial reform association's great meeting in Free Trade Hall; A. D. Provend, M.P., in the Chair and J. Hampden Jackson, Editor of the financial reform almanac, presents the resolutions : urging a further reduction of the British Tariff and the substitution of a tax on land values; Henry George's speech in support of the resolutions; much enthusiasm evoked; answering questions
• George in England
• Henry George and Samuel Smith, M.P, : they meet in debate before the National Liberal Club in London; The hall crowded and the liveliest enthusiasm prevailed; loud and long cheers at the end
• The warning of the English strikes
• England and Ireland : an American view
• Nationalization : not a new plan for the settlement of the Land Question; J. Finton Lalor in '48 : no man can plead any right to private property in the soil; Bishop Nulty on the same platform
• The nationalization of land
• Lecture in Birmingham, England
• Socialism and rent appropriation : a dialogue
• Henry George and the single tax
• Henry George's fallacies
• Lecture by Henry George : the Irish land question; what the land for the people means; Heartly recognition of his views
• George and the Irish times
• Henry George and the critics : Davitt's step in advance not the result of a sudden conversion
• Interview on Irish nationalist politics following the release of Parnell
• The Irish question from an American standpoint
• From the Irish Times
• In Belfast : Henry George's meeting in Ulster hall : a splendid address and a brilliant speech; Much enthusiasm and a raking fire of questions; Short Addresses by Silas M. Burroughs of London, England, and Charles L. Garland, M.P., of New South Wales, Australia (The Standard, July 27, 1889).