A Synopsis of Henry George's

Progress and Poverty

This synopsis, inspired by Dr. James Busey's fine condensation of the 565-page original, was extracted by Alfred J. Katzenberger, Jr., of the Public Revenue Education Council in St. Louis and the St. Louis Teachers Union, Local 420 of the American Federation of Teachers.

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About the Author

Henry George was born in Philadelphia in 1839. Appalled by the shocking poverty he saw around him in the middle of one of the world's wealthiest cities, he pondered where mankind had gone wrong and what could be done about it. Natural resources, he discovered, are the key to understanding our economy, and the failure of others to see this has led to increasing poverty and environmental degradation. In 1879, Henry George finished writing Progress and Poverty. During the 19th century, the circulation of Progress and Poverty was second only to that of the Bible. To this day, no other book on economics has been as widely distributed.

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