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Progress and Poverty

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Progress and Poverty

by Henry George

English· 18:39:13· 50 chapters
What I have done in this book, if I have correctly solved the great problem I have sought to investigate, is, to unite the truth perceived by the school of Smith and Ricardo to the truth perceived by the schools of Proudhon and Lasalle; to show that laissez faire (in its full true meaning) opens the way to a realization of the noble dreams of socialism; to identify social law with moral law, and to disprove ideas which in the minds of many cloud grand and elevating perceptions. (Summary by Henry George)

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    00 - Frontmatter, How the Book Came To Be Written, and Preface

    23:48
  2. Chapter 2

    01 - Introductory

    22:04
  3. Chapter 3

    02 - Book I, Chapter 1: The Current Doctrine of Wages - Its Insufficiency

    26:42
  4. Chapter 4

    03 - Book I, Chapter 2: The Meaning of the Terms

    37:49
  5. Chapter 5

    04 - Book I, Chapter 3: Wages Not Drawn from Capital, but Produced by the Labor - paragraphs 1-25

    28:19
  6. Chapter 6

    05 - Book I, Chapter 3: Wages Not Drawn from Capital, but Produced by the Labor - paragraphs 26-38

    14:20
  7. Chapter 7

    06 - Book I, Chapter 4: The Maintenance of Laborers Not Drawn from Capital

    18:03
  8. Chapter 8

    07 - Book I, Chapter 5: The Real Functions of Capital

    17:44
  9. Chapter 9

    08 - Book II, Chapter 1: The Malthusian Theory, Its Genesis and Support

    25:28
  10. Chapter 10

    09 - Book II, Chapter 2: Inferences from Facts - paragraphs 1-19

    21:30
  11. Chapter 11

    10 - Book II, Chapter 2: Inferences from Facts - paragraphs 20-40

    34:42
  12. Chapter 12

    11 - Book II, Chapter 3: Inferences from Analogy

    21:14
  13. Chapter 13

    12 - Book II, Chapter 4: Disproof of the Malthusian Theory

    22:51
  14. Chapter 14

    13 - Book III, Chapter 1: The Inquiry Narrowed to the Laws of Distribution - The Necessary Relation of These Laws

    23:37
  15. Chapter 15

    14 - Book III, Chapter 2: Rent and the Law of Rent

    16:25
  16. Chapter 16

    15 - Book III, Chapter 3: Of Interest and the Cause of Interest

    31:43
  17. Chapter 17

    16 - Book III, Chapter 4: Of Spurious Capital and of Profits Often Mistaken for Interest

    12:08
  18. Chapter 18

    17 - Book III, Chapter 5: The Law of Interest

    17:01
  19. Chapter 19

    18 - Book III, Chapter 6: Wages and the Law of Wages

    26:09
  20. Chapter 20

    19 - Book III, Chapter 7: The Correlation and Co-ordination of These Laws

    04:24
  21. Chapter 21

    20 - Book III, Chapter 8: The Statics of the Problem Thus Explained

    07:21
  22. Chapter 22

    21 - Book IV, Chapter 1: The Dynamics of the Problem Yet to Seek

    06:11
  23. Chapter 23

    22 - Book IV, Chapter 2: The Effect of Increase of Population Upon the Distribution of Wealth

    27:51
  24. Chapter 24

    23 - Book IV, Chapter 3: The Effect of Improvements in the Arts upon the Distribution of Wealth

    21:45
  25. Chapter 25

    24 - Book IV, Chapter 4: Effect of the Expectation Raised by Material Progress

    11:25
  26. Chapter 26

    25 - Book V, Chapter 1: The Primary Cause of Recurring Paroxysms of Industrial Depression

    38:53
  27. Chapter 27

    26 - Book V, Chapter 2: The Persistence of Poverty Amid Advancing Wealth

    29:17
  28. Chapter 28

    27 - Book VI, Chapter 1: Insufficiency of Remedies Currently Advocated - paragraphs 1-22

    23:11
  29. Chapter 29

    28 - Book VI, Chapter 1: Insufficiency of Remedies Currently Advocated - paragraphs 23-54

    37:34
  30. Chapter 30

    29 - Book VI, Chapter 2: The True Remedy

    04:52
  31. Chapter 31

    30 - Book VII, Chapter 1: The Injustice of Private Property in Land

    30:10
  32. Chapter 32

    31 - Book VII, Chapter 2: The Enslavement of Laborers the Ultimate Result of Private Property in Land

    22:35
  33. Chapter 33

    32 - Book VII, Chapter 3: Claim of Land Owners to Compensation

    20:53
  34. Chapter 34

    33 - Book VII, Chapter 4: Property in Land Historically Considered

    35:24
  35. Chapter 35

    34 - Book VII, Chapter 5: Of Property in Land in the United States

    20:38
  36. Chapter 36

    35 - Book VIII, Chapter 1: Private Property in Land Inconsistent with the Best Use of Land

    12:33
  37. Chapter 37

    36 - Book VIII, Chapter 2: How Equal Rights to the Land May Be Asserted and Secured

    11:12
  38. Chapter 38

    37 - Book VIII, Chapter 3: The Proposition Tried by the Canons of Taxation

    28:44
  39. Chapter 39

    38 - Book VIII, Chapter 4: Indorsements and Objections

    16:15
  40. Chapter 40

    39 - Book IX, Chapter 1: Of the Effect Upon the Production of Wealth

    13:36
  41. Chapter 41

    40 - Book IX, Chapter 2: Of the Effect Upon Distribution and Thence Upon Production

    14:06
  42. Chapter 42

    41 - Book IX, Chapter 3: Of the Effect Upon Individuals and Classes

    13:50
  43. Chapter 43

    42 - Book IX, Chapter 4: Of the Changes That Would Be Wrought in Social Organization and Social Life

    37:43
  44. Chapter 44

    43 - Book X, Chapter 1: The Current Theory of Human Progress - Its Insufficiency

    29:35
  45. Chapter 45

    44 - Book X, Chapter 2: Differences in Civilization - To What Due

    33:47
  46. Chapter 46

    45 - Book X, Chapter 3: The Law of Human Progress - paragraphs 1-21

    16:27
  47. Chapter 47

    46 - Book X, Chapter 3: The Law of Human Progress - paragraphs 22-47

    29:36
  48. Chapter 48

    47 - Book X, Chapter 4: How Modern Civilization May Decline

    36:12
  49. Chapter 49

    48 - Book X, Chapter 5: The Central Truth

    18:53
  50. Chapter 50

    49 - Conclusion: The Problem of Individual Life

    22:43