Progress and Poverty - An Inquiry Into Cause of Industrial Depressions of Increase of Want

Klappentext In this volume three very different aspects of the late nineteenth-century debate on poverty are bound together: the American Henry George's Progress and Poverty! a response by a British businessman! Isaac B. Cooke! and a description by Andrew Mearns of the reality of poverty in the world's richest city. Zusammenfassung In this volume three very different aspects of the late nineteenth-century debate on poverty are bound together: the American Henry George's Progress and Poverty! a response by a British businessman! Isaac B. Cooke! and a description by Andrew Mearns of the reality of poverty in the world's richest city. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introductory; 1. Wages and capital; 2. Population and subsistence; 3. The laws of distribution; 4. Effect of material progress upon the distribution of wealth; 5. The problem solved; 6. The remedy; 7. Justice of the remedy; 8. Application of the remedy; 9. Effects of the remedy; 10. The law of human progress; Conclusion; 'Progress and Poverty': a reply to Mr Henry George; The bitter cry of outcast London.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Henry George, Henry Jr. George, George Henry
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.07.2009
• EAN: 9781108003612
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00361-2
• Pagine: 576
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Diritto, professione, finanze > Imposte; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia della cultura