Front Page Authors (by Period) Henry George

Henry George

1839 - 1897

About the Author

A prolific author who was a strong defender of free trade and an advocate of the idea of a single tax on land. George believed that a single tax on land would be sufficient to fund government activities. It would be based upon the unimproved value of the land. [The image comes from “The Warren J. Samuels Portrait Collection at Duke University.”]

In The Library:

• author: Progress and Poverty (1879)
• author: Protection or Free Trade, An Examination of the Tariff Question, with especial Regard to the Interests of Free Trade (1886)