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Book SynopsisPresents a comprehensive review and analysis of the objections leveled against Henry George's American classic, "Progress and Poverty".
Table of ContentsVOLUME I.
Part I: Prolegomena.
Chapter 1 Introduction. (Robert V. Andelson).
Chapter 2 The Essential Henry George. (Louis Wasserman).
Part II: Nineteenth-Century British and Continental Critics.
Chapter 3 Leveleye: A Critic Ripe for Conversion. (Roy Douglas).
Chapter 4 Marshall: A Professional Economist Guards the Purity of his Discipline. (Robert F. Herbert).
Chapter 5 Longe and Wrightson: Conservative Critics of George’s Wage Theory. (Fred Harrsion).
Chapter 6 Mallock and the “Most Elaborate Answer”. (Roy Douglas).
Chapter 7 Moffat’s “Unorthodox” Critique. (George Babilot).
Chapter 8 Cathrein’s Careless Clerical critique. (Robert V. Andelson).
Chapter 9 Huxley’s Critique from Social Darwinisim. (Roy Douglas).
Chapter 10 Rae: A Journalist Out of His Depth. (Aaron B. Fuller).
Part III: Nineteenth-Century American Critic.
Chapter 11 Dixwell: Animadversions of an Admiring Adversary. ( George Babilot).
Chapter 12 Walker: The General Leads the Charge. (Steven B. Cord).
Chapter 13 Harris and His Anachronistic Attack. (Charles F. Collier).
Chapter 14 Gronlund and Other Marxists. (Fred Harrison).
Chapter 15 Rutherford: “The Devil Quotes Scripture” (Charles F. Collier).
Chapter 16 Ingalls, Hasnon, and Tucker: Nineteenth-Century American Anarchists. (Jack Schwartzman).
Chapter 17 Atkinson: An Ill-informed Assailant. (William B. Truehart).
Chapter 18 Clark:Apostle of Two-Factor Economics. (Kris Feder).
Chapter 19 Pattern: A Study in Intellectual Dishonesty. (Charles F. Collier).
Chapter 20 Seligman and His Critique from Social Utility. (Robert V. Anderson and Mason Gaffney).
VOLUME II.
Part IV: Critics in The Twentieth Century and Beyond.
Chapter 21 A Cannan Hits the Mark. (Mason Gaffney).
Chapter 22 Davenport: “Single Taxer of the Looser Observance. (Aaron B. Fuller).
Chapter 23 Carver: Reluctant Demi-Georgist. (Robert V. Andelson).
Chapter 24 Ryan and His Domestication of Natural Law. (Robert V, Andelson).
Chapter 25 Alcazar’s “Most Voluminous of All Assaults”. (James L. Busey).
Chapter 26 Ely: A Liberal Economist Defends Landlordism. (Steven B. Cord and Robert V. Andelson).
Chapter 27 Knight: Nemesis from the Chicago School. (Nicolaus Tideman and Florenz Plassmann).
Chapter 28 Heath: Estranged Georgist. (Fred E. Foldvary).
Chapter 29 Hayek: “Almost Persuaded”. (Robert V. Andelson).
Chapter 30 Hardin’s Putative Critique. (Robert V. Andelson).
Chapter 31 Reckoning with Rothbard. (Harold Kyriazi).
Chapter 32 LeFevre’s Challenge. (Damon J. Gross).
Chapter 33 Oser: Reservations of a Friendly Commentator. (Oscar B. Johannsen.
Chapter 34 Blaug: Edging Toward Full Appreciation. (Mary M. Cleveland).
Part V: Conculsions.
Chapter 35 Neo-Georgism. (Robert V. Andelson).
Notes on Contributors.
Index.
