An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth George, Henry 1839-1897 creator text utu 2017 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Progress and Poverty, Volumes I and II" by Henry George is a treatise published in 1879 that investigates a troubling paradox: why does poverty persist and even worsen alongside economic progress and technological advancement? George examines why economies cycle through booms and busts, arguing that land speculation and rising rents capture wealth that might otherwise flow to workers. His proposed remedy—a single tax on land values—sparked the Progressive Era and influenced reform movements worldwide, selling millions of copies and reshaping political thought across multiple continents. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_and_Poverty Release date is 2017-08-08 Carlo Traverso, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified Economics Single tax HB Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55308 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55308 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134256.0 55308