Andelson (ed.), Critics of Henry George (1979)

Overview

Critics of Henry George: A Centenary Appraisal of Their Strictures on Progress and Poverty is an edited scholarly anthology, first published in 1979 by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (Rutherford, NJ) and Associated University Presses (London), edited by philosopher Robert V. Andelson (Auburn University).[1] The book gathers and critically appraises, chapter by chapter, the objections leveled against Henry George's Progress and Poverty by figures ranging from Alfred Marshall and John Bates Clark to twentieth-century critics such as Murray Rothbard and Mark Blaug. It has been described as the most comprehensive review and analysis of the strictures against George's single-tax argument.[1] Andelson substantially revised and expanded the work into a two-volume second edition, published by Blackwell in 2004 under the title Critics of Henry George: An Appraisal of Their Strictures on Progress and Poverty.[2]

Because the book's purpose is to compile the opposing case against the single tax essay by essay, it functions on this wiki as a reference index into the critical literature rather than as a source for any single claim — later pages on named critics and objections may cite specific chapters once read in full.

See Also

• Henry George
• Progress and Poverty
• Mark Blaug, "Henry George: Rebel with a Cause" — a chapter-length treatment of the same historiographical question
• Robert V. Andelson, Land Value Taxation Around the World — Andelson's other major edited reference work

Sources

1. Robert V. Andelson (ed.), Critics of Henry George: A Centenary Appraisal of Their Strictures on Progress and Poverty (Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; London: Associated University Presses, 1979). Internet Archive copy — used for publication details and the book's scope (A-claim).
2. Robert V. Andelson (ed.), Critics of Henry George: An Appraisal of Their Strictures on Progress and Poverty, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2004). Publisher listing — used for the revised second-edition title and date (A-claim). [CITATION NEEDED: table of contents / chapter list, for future case-by-case use of individual essays.]