PROGRESS AND POVERTY

PROGRESS AND POVERTY

AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSE OF INDUSTRIAL
DEPRESSIONS AND OF INCREASE OF WANT
WITH INCREASE OF WEALTH

THE REMEDY

BY

HENRY GEORGE

Author of "The Science of Political Economy," "Protection or Free Trade?”
"Social Problems," A Perplexed Philosopher," "The Condition of
Labor," "The Land Question," "Property in Land," etc.

THE NATIONAL SINGLE TAX LEAGUE

PUBLISHERS

Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1879

BY HENRY GEORGE

In the office of the Librarian of Congress.

RECEIVED

MAR 2 4 1977

TOZZER LIBRARY
PEABODY MUSEUM

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TO THOSE WHO,

SEEING THE VICE AND MISERY THAT SPRING FROM

THE UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION

OF WEALTH AND PRIVILEGE,

FEEL THE POSSIBILITY OF A HIGHER SOCIAL STATE AND WOULD STRIVE FOR ITS ATTAINMENT

SAN FRANCISCO, March, 1879.