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Henry George and Economic Intervention
Author(s) -
Andelson Robert V.
Publication year - 1985
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.1536-7150.1985.tb01889.x
Subject(s) - george (robot) , value (mathematics) , individualism , intervention (counseling) , land value , economics , law , law and economics , economic history , political science , market economy , agricultural economics , art , art history , psychology , machine learning , psychiatry , computer science
A bstract .Henry George , the 19th century American economist and social philosopher , was recognized as an individualist. His Single Tax on the value of land and all natural resources would socialize the rent while preserving private ownership and use. His positions on industrial monoplies were not so clear. He urged the abolition of all special privileges but did not see clearly that this would end many such monopolies. He understated the effects of the single land value tax and the abolition of special privileges; they would go a long way toward ending all industrial monopolies.