Henry George
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American political economist (1839 to 1897); author of Progress and Poverty.
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20 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Material progress tends not to improve the lot of the poorest class, but to depress it further (opens korrents.com)
“I mean that the tendency of what we call material progress is in nowise to improve the condition of the lowest class in the essentials of healthy, happy human life. Nay, more, that it is still further to depress the…”
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Progress whose added wealth only builds great fortunes is not real and cannot last (opens korrents.com)
“So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings goes but to build up great fortunes, to increase luxury and make sharper the contrast between the House of Have and the House of Want, progress is not…”
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Wages are produced by the labor they pay for and should rise with the number of laborers, other things equal (opens korrents.com)
“This examination shows that the current doctrine of wages is founded upon a misconception; that, in truth, wages are produced by the labor for which they are paid, and should, other things being equal, increase with…”
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Material progress tends not to improve the lot of the poorest class, but to depress it further (opens korrents.com)