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Henry George and Nineteenth‐Century Economics
Author(s) -
Perelman Michael
Publication year - 1997
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.1536-7150.1997.tb02654.x
Subject(s) - george (robot) , faith , competition (biology) , economic history , history , sociology , environmental ethics , philosophy , art history , theology , ecology , biology
A bstract . Despite Henry George's great gifts as an economist and a social critic, he failed to take into account the momentous changes that were underway. As a result, his quaint faith in a combination of land reform and competition was unwarranted.