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Progress: poverty or prosperity? Joining the debate between George and Marshall on the effects of economic growth on the distribution of income. (History of Thought).(Henry George)(Alfred Marshall)

From: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology  |  Date: 12/1/2001  |  Author: Aslanbeigui, Nahid; Wigk, Adele

NAHID ASLANBEIGUI (*)

ADELE WIGK (**)

Two Late-19th-Century Authors

HENRY GEORGE AND Alfred Marshall were among the most influential authors of the late 19th century. George's best-selling Progress and Poverty fueled many policy debates of the time; and Marshall's Principles of Economics, the standard textbook for decades, laid the foundation for modern economics. Each recognized the other's influence. In 1883, at the height of George's fame in the British Isles, ...

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