Article 7 - Review Article: The Ups and Downs of Henry George
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| Journal: | History of Economics Review |
| Volume: | Winter |
| Number: | 49 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Pages: | 76-86 |
| ISSN: | 1037-0196 |
| Abstract: | Henry George’s Progress and Poverty (1879) was one of the most widely circulated books in the world in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Through this and his other writings, and by the charismatic nature of his public lectures in America, England and Australia, his ideas attracted a vast number of devoted supporters. But, since then, his influence has waned, despite the support of Georgists and Georgist organisations actively involved in promoting his ideas, as in the book under review here. There seems now to be a reawakening of interest in Georgism, or at least in a line of Neo-Georgist thought that is seeking, not a doctrinaire and literal restatement of the words of the master, but a reinterpretation that identifies the essential and enduring principles, and attempts to show their relevance to the world’s current economic and environmental problems. Laurence S. Moss, editor of this collection, asks whether this renewal of interest in George―a new up in the cycle of Georgist ups and downs―signifies the age of a ‘Georgist revival in economic reform and the proverbial quest for social justice’ (p. x). |
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