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Henry George: The Economist as Moralist *
Author(s) -
Forkosch Morris D.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1979.tb02841.x
Subject(s) - george (robot) , frontier , formative assessment , settlement (finance) , economic thought , value (mathematics) , sociology , history , economic history , art history , law , economics , political science , archaeology , political economy , mathematics , pedagogy , statistics , finance , payment
A bstract .Henry George derived his economic theory from his personal experience. He had the good fortune to be living in California during his formative years; there the economic events which transpired during the settlement of the North American continent—the passing of the frontier and its consequences—occurred within a time span of a few years and the telescoping of history gave him the framework for an original economic system, as well as a utopian vision of a free society. Much attention has properly been paid to George's economic ideas but he was also a moralist , one accepted by some philosophers as among the greatest. This aspect of his work, and particularly his value theory, have been neglected.