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'''Henry George''' (1839-1897) was an [[American]] [[economist]] who wrote one of the most widely read [[economic]] treatises in history: ''Progress and Poverty'' (1879). The thesis of the book is the proposal that all government revenue should come from a single tax on land. He argued that land, unlike other [[factors of production]], is supplied by nature and that [[rent]] is unearned surplus. The landless deserve their share of this surplus as a birthright, according to George.
'''Henry George''' (1839-1897) was an [[American]] [[economist]] who wrote one of the most widely read [[economic]] treatises in history: ''Progress and Poverty'' (1879). The thesis of the book is the proposal that all government revenue should come from a single tax on land. He argued that land, unlike other [[factors of production]], is supplied by nature and that [[rent]] is unearned surplus. The landless deserve their share of this surplus as a birthright, according to George.
Many of his ideas are based on the Mosaic law, especially the Law of Jubilee. <ref>http://whatwouldjesustax.com/docs/George_Moses.htm</ref>
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