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Henry George
With no real training in political economy and only seven years of schooling, Henry George left Philadelphia as a cabin boy to travel the world. ...
George wrote Progress and Poverty in 1879 based on his observations on society. After struggling to find a way to print his book, it found its way into the hands of a New York publisher and is was not long before George was known internationally. ... His Disciples worked in proclaiming, advocating, and proselytizing the ideas truly following George’s words, “The people must think because the people alone can act”. ... ”
To Henry George, capitalism was the answer that our developing nation needed. ... To George, capitalism was the most effective way to bring the wealth of America to those who deserved it: the working class.
The power of a trades-union is not high according to George. ... George fights to not have unions under a government but absolute freedom. ...
According to George, the American farmer He “is not out of the great currents of thought, though they may affect him more slowly, and he is anything but a contented peasant, ignorantly satisfied with things as they are, and impervious to ideas of change”.
Approximate Word count = 912
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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