Collected Journalistic Writings, 4 Vols

by Henry George, Kenneth C. Wenzer (Editor)

The writings of the 19th-century economist, Henry George, whose focus was on tax reform, particularly that of tax on land, are gathered into four volumes by Wenzer (he holds a PhD from The Catholic U. of America), who provides an introduction for each volume. Organization is chronological, with a separate volume for George's writings while in Australia in 1890. The first volume includes George's journalism for various California newspapers; forty of these articles present George's views against the Chinese immigrants. A biographical sketch of George by Henry Rose is also included. Volume two features George's writings in New York in the 1880s, with a section devoted to his mayoral race and treatment of the topics of labor, poverty, and political issues and contests. The volumes are annotated; the final volume contains a bibliography and index. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

1525 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Henry George was an American writer, politician and political economist, who was the most influential proponent of the land value tax, also known as the "single tax" on land. He inspired the economic philosophy known as Georgism, whose main tenet is that people should own what they create, but that everything found in nature, most importantly the value of land, belongs equally to all humanity. His most famous work, Progress and Poverty (1879), is a treatise on inequality, the cyclic nature of industrialized economies, and the use of the land value tax as a remedy.