Progress and Poverty

[The Lawspeaker]

Progress and Poverty (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pcontents.htm)



Henry George


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Prefaces (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pintro.htm)

Publisher’s Foreword by Cliff Cobb
Editor’s Preface by Bob Drake
Author’s Preface to the Fourth EditionIntroduction: The Problem of Poverty Amid Progress (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp0.htm)

First Part: Wages and Capital (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp1.htm)




1. Why Traditional Theories of Wages are Wrong (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp1.htm)
2. Defining Terms (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp2.htm)
3. Wages Are Produced By Labor, Not Drawn From Capital (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp3.htm)
4. Workers Not Supported By Capital (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp4.htm)
5. The True Functions of Capital (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp5.htm) Second Part: Population and Subsistence (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp6.htm)




6. The Theory of Population According to Malthus (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp6.htm)
7. Malthus vs. Facts (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp7.htm)
8. Malthus vs. Analogies (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp8.htm)
9. Malthusian Theory Disproved (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp9.htm) Third Part: The Laws of Distribution (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp10.htm)




10. Necessary Relation of the Laws of Distribution (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp10.htm)
11. The Law Of Rent (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp11.htm)
12. The Cause of Interest (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp12.htm)
13. False Interest (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp13.htm)
14. The Law Of Interest (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp14.htm)
15. The Law Of Wages (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp15.htm)
16. Correlating The Laws of Distribution (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp16.htm)
17. The Problem Explained (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp17.htm) Fourth Part: The Effect of Material Progress (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp18.htm)
on the Distribution of Wealth (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp18.htm)




18. Dynamic Forces Not Yet Explored (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp18.htm)
19. Population Growth and Distribution of Wealth (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp19.htm)
20. Technology and the Distribution of Wealth (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp20.htm)
21. Speculation (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp21.htm) Fifth Part: The Problem Solved (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp22.htm)




22. The Root Cause of Recessions (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp22.htm)
23. The Persistence of Poverty Despite Increasing Wealth (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp23.htm) Sixth Part: The Remedy (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp24.htm)




24. Ineffective Remedies (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp24.htm)
25. The True Remedy (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp25.htm) Seventh Part: Justice of the Remedy (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp26.htm)




26. The Injustice of Private Property In Land (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp26.htm)
27. The Enslavement of Labor (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp27.htm)
28. Are Landowners Entitled to Compensation? (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp28.htm)
29. History of Land as Private Property (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp29.htm)
30. History of Property in Land in the US (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp30.htm) Eighth Part: Application of the Remedy (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp31.htm)




31. Private Property in Land is Inconsistent with the Best Use of Land (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp31.htm)
32. Securing Equal Rights To Land (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp32.htm)
33. The Canons of Taxation (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp33.htm)
34. Endorsements And Objections (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp34.htm) Ninth Part: Effects of the Remedy (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp35.htm)




35. The Effect on Production (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp35.htm)
36. The Effect on The Distribution of Wealth (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp36.htm)
37. The Effect on Individuals and Classes (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp37.htm)
38. Changes in Society (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp38.htm) Tenth Part: The Law of Human Progress (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp39.htm)




39. The Cause of Human Progress (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp39.htm)
40. Differences in Civilizations (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp40.htm)
41. The Law of Human Progress (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp41.htm)
42. How Modern Civilization May Decline (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp42.htm)
43. The Central Truth (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp43.htm)
44. Conclusion: The Individual Life (http://www.henrygeorge.org/pchp44.htm) Afterword: Who Was Henry George? (http://www.henrygeorge.org/agnes.htm)



by Agnes George deMille