Ricardo,Gold, and Rails: Discovering the Origins of Progress and Poverty |
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| Authors: | Richard W England |
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| Institution: | 1. University of New Hampshire and Visiting Fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy;2. The author is a Professor of Economics at the University of New Hampshire and Visiting Fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Karen Clay, Carol Heim, Neil Niman, Hugh Rockoff, Christian Weber, and Gavin Wright provided generous comments and suggestions on earlier drafts of this article. Direct correspondence to Richard England, Department of Economics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824;3. e‐mail: . |
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| Abstract: | Henry George's Progress and Poverty was one of the most widely read books of the 19th century. It is important to acknowledge the influence of classical writers such as Smith and Ricardo on George's thought. However, the content of George's most popular work cannot be fully appreciated unless one takes account of the historical period and social context within which its author came to maturity: Philadelphia and California before 1879 are part of the story of Progress and Poverty ( 1979 ). |
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