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Progress and Poverty
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Unabridged
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RSF 1979
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Madsen
abridgement at HenryGeorge
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Brown's
Significant
Paragraphs
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Katzen-
berger's
Synopsis
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Busey's
conden-
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| Introductory —
The Problem |
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Introduction:
The Problem of Poverty Amid Progress |
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| Part I —
Wages and Capital |
| 1. The current doctrine of wages —
its insufficiency |
17-30
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Why Traditional Theories of Wages are Wrong |
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| 2. The meaning of the terms |
31-49
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2. Defining Terms |
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| 3. Wages not drawn from capital,
but produced by the labor |
50-70
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3.
Wages are Produced by Labor, Not Drawn From
Capital |
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| 4. The maintenance of laborers not
drawn from capital |
71-80
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4.
Workers Not Supported By Capital |
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| 5. The real functions of capital |
80-88
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5.
The True Functions of Capital |
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| Part II — Population and
Subsistence |
| 1. The Malthusian theory, its
genesis and support |
91-102
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The Theory of Population According to Malthus |
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| 2. Inferences from facts |
103-128
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7.
Malthus vs. Facts |
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| 3. Inferences from analogy |
129-139
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8.
Malthus vs Analogies |
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| 4. Disproof of the Malthusian
theory |
140-150
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Malthusian Theory Disproved |
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| Part III — The Laws of
Distribution |
| 1. The inquiry narrowed to the
laws of distribution — necessary relation of these
laws |
153-164
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Necessary Relation of the Laws of Distribution |
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| 2. Rent and the law of rent |
165-172
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The Law of Rent |
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| 3. Interest and the cause of
interest |
173-188
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The Cause of Interest |
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| 4. Of spurious capital and profits
often mistaken for interest |
189-194
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False Interest |
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| 5. The law of interest |
195-203
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The Law of Interest |
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| 6. Wages and the law of wages |
204-217
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The Law of Wages |
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| 7. Correlation and co-ordination
of these laws |
218-220
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16.
Correlating the Laws of Distribution |
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| 8. The statics of the problem thus
explained |
221-224
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The Problem Explained |
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| Part IV — Effect of Material
Progress on the Distribution of
Wealth |
| 1. The dynamics of the problem yet
to seek |
227-229
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18.
Dynamic Forces Not Yet Explained |
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| 2. Effect of increase of
population upon the distribution of wealth |
230-243
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Population Growth and Distribution of Wealth |
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| 3. Effect of improvement in the
arts upon the distribution of wealth |
244-254
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Technology and the Distribution of Wealth |
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| 4. Effect of the expectation
raised by material progress |
255-260
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Speculation |
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| Part V — The Problem Solved |
| 1. The primary cause of recurring
paroxysms of industrial depression |
263-281
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The Root Cause of Recessions |
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| 2. The persistence of poverty amid
advancing wealth |
282-296
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The Persistence of Poverty Despite Increasing
Wealth |
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| Part VI — The Remedy |
| 1. Insufficiency of remedies
currently advocated |
299-327
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Ineffective Remedies |
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| 2. The true remedy |
328-330
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The True Remedy |
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| Part VII — Justice of the
Remedy |
| 1. Injustice of private property
in land |
333-346
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The Injustice of Private Property in Land |
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| 2. Enslavement of laborers the
ultimate result of private property in land |
347-357
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The Enslavement of Labor |
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3. Claim of landowners to
compensation
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358-367
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Are Landowners Entitled to Compensation? |
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| 4. Property in land historically
considered |
368-384
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29.
History of Land as Private Property |
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| 5. Property in land in the United
States |
385-394
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History of Property in Land in the US |
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| Part VIII — Application of the
Remedy |
| 1. Private property in land
inconsistent with the best use of land |
397-402
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Private Property in Land is Inconsistent with
the Best Use of Land |
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| 2. How equal rights to the land
may be asserted and secured |
403-407
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32.
Securing Equal Rights to Land |
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| 3. The proposition tried by the
canons of taxation |
408-421
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The Canons of Taxation |
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4. Indorsements and objections
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422-429
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Endorsements and Objections |
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| Part IX — Effects of the
Remedy |
| 1. Of the effect upon the
production of wealth |
433-439
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35.The
Effect on Production |
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| 2. Of the effect upon distribution
and thence on production |
440-446
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36.
The Effect on the Distribution of Wealth |
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| 3. Of the effect upon individuals
and classes |
447-453
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37.
The Effect on Individuals and Classes |
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| 4. Of the changes that would be
wrought in social organization and social life |
454-472
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38.
Changes in Society |
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| Part X — The Law of Human
Progress |
| 1. The current theory of human
progress — its insufficiency |
475-488
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The Cause of Human Progress |
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| 2. Differences in civilization —
to what due |
489-505
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40.
Differences in Civilizations |
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| 3. The law of human progress |
506-526
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41.
The Law of Human Progress |
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| 4. How modern civilization may
decline |
527-543
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42.
How Modern Civilization May Decline |
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| 5. The central truth |
544-552
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43.
The Central Truth |
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| Conclusion
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| The Problem of Individual Life |
555-565
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44.
Conclusion: The Individual Life |
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