Comments on: By George! http://iwouldntlivethere.wordpress.com/2006/09/04/by-george/ My views on urban development, economics, urban sprawl and city life Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:09:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: iwouldntlivethere http://iwouldntlivethere.wordpress.com/2006/09/04/by-george/#comment-10 iwouldntlivethere Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:08:12 +0000 http://iwouldntlivethere.wordpress.com/2006/09/04/by-george/#comment-10 Good suggestion about wealthandwant - I was actually reading their postings etc. before I got my hands on the book. Although the book is free on the site mentioned, I found that old copies of the book (from the 1890's - 1920's) are really cheap at alibris.com (like $7 - $20 US). Hey, it was a best seller, so no shortage, right? Good suggestion about wealthandwant – I was actually reading their postings etc. before I got my hands on the book. Although the book is free on the site mentioned, I found that old copies of the book (from the 1890’s – 1920’s) are really cheap at alibris.com (like $7 – $20 US). Hey, it was a best seller, so no shortage, right?

]]> By: Wyn http://iwouldntlivethere.wordpress.com/2006/09/04/by-george/#comment-9 Wyn Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:39:24 +0000 http://iwouldntlivethere.wordpress.com/2006/09/04/by-george/#comment-9 Progress and Poverty is available online at the http://www.schalkenbach.org/ website. Hardcopy is also available from their bookstore. And this summer, a new thought-by-thought updating and abridgement of P&P was published, also available from Schalkenbach. The book is magnificent. It integrates things that one might not otherwise realize are intimately related to each other. And it makes clear that problems we tend to regard as relatively recent ones were sufficiently visible 125 years ago to attract a thoughtful person's attention. And not only does George's understanding and remedy provide us the way to relieve poverty and reduce the extremely concentrated distribution of wealth, it also provides a straightforward way to reduce and even reverse urban sprawl and thereby reduce our energy usage and pollution. There is something there for virtually everyone to like. Isn't it puzzling that so few of us know about these ideas? If you'd like to know more about Henry George's ideas in a 21st century context, spend some time exploring http://www.wealthandwant.com/. Progress and Poverty is available online at the http://www.schalkenbach.org/ website. Hardcopy is also available from their bookstore. And this summer, a new thought-by-thought updating and abridgement of P&P was published, also available from Schalkenbach.

The book is magnificent. It integrates things that one might not otherwise realize are intimately related to each other. And it makes clear that problems we tend to regard as relatively recent ones were sufficiently visible 125 years ago to attract a thoughtful person’s attention.

And not only does George’s understanding and remedy provide us the way to relieve poverty and reduce the extremely concentrated distribution of wealth, it also provides a straightforward way to reduce and even reverse urban sprawl and thereby reduce our energy usage and pollution. There is something there for virtually everyone to like.

Isn’t it puzzling that so few of us know about these ideas?

If you’d like to know more about Henry George’s ideas in a 21st century context, spend some time exploring http://www.wealthandwant.com/.

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