George and de Laveleye
In Emile de Laveleye's demonstration that communal landholding was universally a characteristic of primitive societies, Henry George saw evidence of a golden age before the development of private ownership of land. Though he agreed with George that unequal access to land was a major cause of the social evil of poverty, de Laveleye did not consider it the sole cause of poverty. Where George would nationalize land rent, de Laveleye would make private ownership more widespread; and he faulted George for giving too little attention to the question of how government would use the revenue from a land tax, and for failing to consider the concentration of capital as a cause of poverty. Copyright 2008 American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Inc..
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2008
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Authors: | Heavey, Jerome F. |
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American Journal of Economics and Sociology. - Wiley Blackwell. - Vol. 67.2008, 1, p. 47-60
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