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Article: Henry George and Classical Growth Theory: A Significant Contribution to Modeling Scale Economies.(Critical Essay)
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- The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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JOHN K. WHITAKER [*]
ABSTRACT. It is widely recognized that the analysis of economic growth in Henry George's Progress and Poverty was considerably influenced by the British classical tradition, especially the writings of Adam Smith, David Ricardo, and John Stuart Mill. What has been less clearly perceived is that George made significant extensions to the classical theory. This paper's aim is to provide an interpretation, and to some extent a "rational reconstruction," of George's positive analysis, largely leaving aside the striking normative lessons he drew from it. George's unsatisfactory treatment of capital is disposed of in Section I, while Section II--the ...
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