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Article: Getting results--or not.
- Article from:
- The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
- Article date:
- July 1, 2003
- Author:
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Drawing upon her extended experience, Ms. Vi Peterson once told some of us-I paraphrase and exaggerate a bit-that any group of X persons calling themselves Georgists would have X plus Y versions of Georgism. Warren Samuels's valuable paper helps us to see a point that I would emphasize: over time, a plurality of aspects and concerns has diffused the attention of Georgists.
Progress and Poverty and Henry George's other writings present a richness that has made effective focus elusive--impossible (?). In a century and a quarter what has been accomplished from Georgist effort? Too little. Yet one must recognize that land continues to be part of the base of property ...