Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth
Henry George — Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth (1880)Henry George · 1880 · BookEstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0223 · as of 2026-10-23 · about: Georgism · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Henry George proposed in Progress and Poverty (1879) that land rent should be taken for public revenue through a tax on land value. He finished second in the 1886 New York mayoral election, ahead of Theodore Roosevelt; Fairhope, Alabama was founded in 1894 on Georgist land leases.”
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3Henry George's 1886 campaign for mayor of New York City
Henry George's 1886 campaign for mayor of New York City (1886)1886 · Web pageFairhope
Fairhope (2026)2026 · Web pageEvidence that contradicts
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