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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
Henry George
Born: September 2, 1839
Died: October 29, 1897 (aged 58)
Bio: Henry George was an American political economist, journalist, and philosopher. George is famous for popularizing the idea that land/resource rents be captured for public use or shared, in lieu of harmful taxes on labor and productive investment.
Known for:
- Progress and Poverty (1879)
- Protection Or Free Trade (1886)
- The science of political economy (1894)
- The Irish Land Question (1881)
- A Perplexed Philosopher (1892)
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