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Could you recommend a good introductory book on his ideas?
by robertothais 9y ago
Could you recommend a good introductory book on his ideas?
- branchless 9y agohttps://www.amazon.com/Progress-Poverty-Industrial-Depressions-Increase/dp/0911312587/ref=sr_1_1 https://www.amazon.com/Progress-Poverty-Industrial-Depressio... It's a fantastic read. Great author. Great person. Once you see his ideas you will view our "economy" utterly differently and IMHO for the better.
- bufordsharkley 9y agoGeorge himself is extremely readable. "Social Problems", or his enormously popular "Progress and Poverty" are good introductions. If that seems a bit too much, I recommend first essay in Robert de Fremery's "Rights vs. Privileges" as a short overview of George's concepts.[0] [0] https://books.google.com/books/about/Rights_vs_privileges.html?id=JHosAQAAIAAJ https://books.google.com/books/about/Rights_vs_privileges.ht...
- a3n 9y agoI'm wary of "systems" like this, whether Marxist, Georgist, Hayekist, whatever. The idea of a system is too attractive, and I think a lot of these ideas therefore attract undue approval and adherence. A la carte, experience and evidence would seem the way to go. Unfortunately, if you adhere to a system, some of the items on the buffet are just off limits.
- bufordsharkley 9y agoOne could say the same thing about the "system" of abolitionism.
- norea-armozel 9y agoI would suggest some of the essays regarding Mutualism and Georgism at C4SS. They tend to do a decent job breaking down the problems of capitalism without smothering you with thick language.