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We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types.
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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