What Henry George thinks about government

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American political economist (1839 to 1897); author of Progress and Poverty.

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1 dated position, c. 1877–1880, in their own words. Our reading of what Henry George has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1877–1880

   Our readingWithout an equal right to land, political liberty becomes the liberty to compete for starvation wages

   Their wordsEquality of political rights will not compensate for the denial of the equal right to the bounty of nature. Political liberty, when the equal right to land is denied, becomes, as population increases and invention goes on, merely the liberty to compete for employment at starvation wages.

   ↗Progress and Poverty (1879; Memorial Edition)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book