Alfred Russel Wallace's campaign to nationalize land: how Darwin's peer learned from John Stuart Mill and became Henry George's ally.(Special Issue: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Henry George)

From: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology | Date: October 1, 1997| Author: Gaffney, Mason | Copyright information

Alfred Russel Wallace rose to fame with Charles Darwin: They independently found the principle of natural selection. Wallace later focused on reforming Great Britain's land tenure system, under which a few owners had come to control most of the land, while most citizens had little or none of their own. In Land Nationalization (1882) Wallace proposed for the state to acquire all land, with limited compensation. The state would then lease it by auction, but to actual users only. Wallace saw his...

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