In one respect, Henry George was radically more optimistic than Ricardo. On his title page were the further words The Remedy; this phrase had no place in the Ricardian lexicon. If land were nationalized—more precisely, if a tax were imposed equal to the annual use value of real property ex its improvements, so that it would now have no net earnings and hence no capital value of its own—progress would be orderly and its fruits would be equitably shared.
