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Article: On Henry George, the Austrians, and neoclassical choice theory: a new look at the similarities between George and the Austrians.(Special Issue: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Henry George)
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- The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
- Article date:
- October 1, 1997
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Introduction
A century ago, Henry George was the most widely read and debated economist in the history of the world. And yet, a scant five decades later, he had become a "forgotten man" (see Geiger, 1941). Many writers have since puzzled over George's fall from frame to obscurity.(1) Perhaps, as Gaffney (1994) and Harrison (1994) have argued, the very development of neoclassical economics was a purposeful stratagem against George, designed to make us forget him and his ideas.(2) At the very least, it hastened his fall.
In any case, to most academicians, the florid and yet strident tone of George's writings has long camouflaged his originally and ...