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Henry George (* 2. September 1839 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1]; † 29. Oktober 1897 in New York City) war ein US-amerikanischer politischer Ökonom und der einflussreichste Befürworter einer Einheitssteuer auf Landbesitz. Er ist der Autor des 1879 erschienenen Bestsellers Progress and Poverty ( Fortschritt und Armut).
Henry George (September 2, 1839 – October 29, 1897) was an American political economist and journalist. His writing was immensely popular in 19th-century America and sparked several reform movements of the Progressive Era. He inspired the economic philosophy known as Georgism, the belief that people should own the value they produce ...
Henry George (born September 2, 1839, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—died October 29, 1897, New York City, New York) was a land reformer and economist who in Progress and Poverty (1879) proposed the single tax: that the state tax away all economic rent—the income from the use of bare land but not from improvements—and abolish all other taxes.
Henry George, (born Sept. 2, 1839, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—died Oct. 29, 1897, New York, N.Y.), U.S. land reformer and economist. He left school before age 14 to work as a clerk and then at sea. In 1858 George went to California, where he worked for newspapers (briefly founding his own) and took part in Democratic party politics. In 1879 he published
Henry George was born on September 2, 1839, in Philadelphia. His father, who came from a Yorkshire family, was a publisher of Protestant Episcopal church and Sunday-school books. His mother was of Scottish and English descent and the daughter of a distinguished engraver. Henry was the second of 10 children, and although the family was not rich and his father’s religions views ensured a ...
Henry George Henry George (1839-1897) US-amerikanischer politischer Ökonom und einflussreichste Befürworter einer Einheitssteuer auf Landbesitz. Nach einer Reise nach New York City stellte George fest, dass, obwohl New York wirtschaftlich deutlich entwickelter als Kalifornien war, sich die Armen in New York in einer noch wesentlich schlimmeren Situation befanden. 1879 verarbeitete er diese ...
Henry George was also a passionate advocate of free trade and opponent of protectionism. He saw clearly that protectionism is a misleading term for barriers to trade and identified whom “protectionism” hurts. George wrote: To every trade there must be two parties who mutually desire to trade, and whose actions are reciprocal. No one can buy ...
