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Henry George and the Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2009

Jürgen G. Backhaus
Jürgen G. Backhaus
Affiliation:
University of Limburg
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Henry George has many admirers, but only a few scholarly economists would regard him as one of their own. In this paper, I wish to argue not only that Henry George made a sound contribution to political economy; I also claim that his analysis is eminently significant for environmental economics today.

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Journal of the History of Economic Thought , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , June 1991 , pp. 90 - 98
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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