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'''Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth: The Remedy''' was a highly influential book<ref>{{cite book|last1=Adams|first1=Christine|last2=Censer|first2=Jack Richard|last3=Graham|first3=Lisa Jane|title=Visions and Revisions of Eighteenth-century France|date=1997|publisher=[[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State]] Press|isbn=978-0271026091}}</ref> written in 1879 by [[Henry George]] that influenced several prominent [[Fabian Socialism|Fabian Socialists]] such as [[George Bernard Shaw|Bernard Shaw]], [[Sidney Webb]], and [[H. G. Wells]]. He was also influential with many Americans, such as [[Joseph Fels]], who financed several Georgist utopian societies such as the ones at Fairhope Alabama and Arden Delaware. | '''Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth: The Remedy''' was a highly influential book<ref>{{cite book|last1=Adams|first1=Christine|last2=Censer|first2=Jack Richard|last3=Graham|first3=Lisa Jane|title=Visions and Revisions of Eighteenth-century France|date=1997|publisher=[[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State]] Press|isbn=978-0271026091}}</ref> written in 1879 by [[Henry George]] that influenced several prominent [[Fabian Socialism|Fabian Socialists]] such as [[George Bernard Shaw|Bernard Shaw]], [[Sidney Webb]], and [[H. G. Wells]]. He was also influential with many Americans, such as [[Joseph Fels]], who financed several Georgist utopian societies such as the ones at Fairhope Alabama and Arden Delaware. | ||
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| + | After reading the book in braille, [[Helen Keller]] said that "Who reads shall find in Henry George’s philosophy a rare beauty and power of inspiration, and a splendid faith in the essential nobility of human nature."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QFEoAAAAMAAJ&q=keller+%22and+a+splendid+faith+in+the+essential+nobility+of+human+nature%22&dq=keller+%22and+a+splendid+faith+in+the+essential+nobility+of+human+nature%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAWoVChMI6rjf1v_nxwIVgZoeCh05iQf5|title=Land & Liberty: Monthly Journal for Land Value Taxation and Free Trade|date=1935|pages=58}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:16, September 8, 2015
Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth: The Remedy was a highly influential book[1] written in 1879 by Henry George that influenced several prominent Fabian Socialists such as Bernard Shaw, Sidney Webb, and H. G. Wells. He was also influential with many Americans, such as Joseph Fels, who financed several Georgist utopian societies such as the ones at Fairhope Alabama and Arden Delaware.
Book Review
After reading the book in braille, Helen Keller said that "Who reads shall find in Henry George’s philosophy a rare beauty and power of inspiration, and a splendid faith in the essential nobility of human nature."[2]
References
- ↑ (1997) Visions and Revisions of Eighteenth-century France. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0271026091.
- ↑ (1935) Land & Liberty: Monthly Journal for Land Value Taxation and Free Trade, 58.