Alluring Absurdities: Fallacies of Henry George - Couverture rigide

Meagher, Michael William

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1341028186 ISBN 13 : 9781341028182

Editeur : Palala Press, 2015

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The purpose of this work is twofold :F irsty To overturn erroneous theories and false teachings on the great question of wages ;and, Secondlyy To suggest practical remedies for existing evils involved in that question. I have singled out the works of Mr. George, primarily, because they are most replete with fallacies, which, by reason of their alluring tendency, are best calculated to deceive the thoughtless, and obtain the assent of the unreflective. If his theory be adopted, he says, men would no more worry about finding employment than they worry about finding air to breathe ;they need have no more care about physical necessities than do the lilies of the fields. Verily, such a theory is more baneful and destructive to the peace and happiness of a nation than would be a Herod or a Nero. To those who have a thorough knowledge of the theories upon which his works are based, whether that knowledge was acquired through him or from those from whom he himself obtained his theories, that part of this work which exposes the fallacies contained in them will be superfluous. They are, of course, undeceived by them. On the other hand, those who have merely read and not studied these theories, as well as those who have never read them, will be enabled, by such exposure, to fully Progress and Poverty, pp. 414, 415.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palala Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1341028186
• ISBN 13: 9781341028182
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible