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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
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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