The Single Tax Movement and Progressivism, 1880‐1920*

Dominic Candeloro

American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 1979, vol. 38, issue 2, 113-127

Abstract: Abstract. Henry George's Single Tax movement and the Progressive movement in the United States were inter‐related. After the publication of Progress and Poverty a political movement developed around George. It failed, partly because George was a poor politician although he had proved a master‐publicist, partly because he aroused a formidable opposition. Nevertheless the single taxers did contribute to progressive reform a specific plan for manipulating the environment in a Social Darwinistic way. George's philosophy also rejected socialism in favor of a reformed and purified capitalism—perhaps the most important theme in 20th century reform thought in America. Moreover, the Single Tax movement contributed to the democratic reform movement such leaders as Tom L. Johnson, Brand Whitlock, Louis F. Post, Frederic C. Howe, George L. Record, Newton D. Baker and Franklin K. Lane.

Date: 1979
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