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Article: Henry George's Land Reform: The Distinction between Private Ownership and Private Possession.
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- The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
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JOHN PULLEN [*]
ABSTRACT. Henry George stated that the taxation of land rent would amount to the abolition of the institution of private ownership of land, thereby alienating all those who, whether for economic or ideological reasons, regard the private ownership of land as essential for social order and progress. George believed that under his proposed reform the private ownership of land would be replaced by private possession. But his distinction between ownership and possession appears to have been based on a misconception of the nature of private ownership. His proposed reform could have been more logically described as a conditional, modified, or restricted ...
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