Henry George’s Pursuit of Knowledge: On Methodology and Methods

Phillip J. Bryson

Chapter Chapter 1 in The Economics of Henry George, 2011, pp 1-24 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Considering this book’s title, it is appropriate to ask: Why might one call Henry George America’s greatest early economist? Why is rehabilitation necessary? And, how has rehabilitation been happening? These questions will be addressed and the attempt made to demonstrate that George was indeed the greatest of America’s early economists. Unfortunately, Alfred Nobel’s dynamite idea of a lucrative prize for scientific contributions didn’t begin to affect economics until 1968, so George passed away far too early to have received the prize for economics. Since the Nobel Prize is not given posthumously, we have no conclusive evidence that he was the greatest. The best one can do is to offer inductive evidence of his greatness, presenting facts and anecdotes that seem impressive. For George there are many of these, and we will encounter a good number in the pages that follow.

Keywords: Political Economy; Political Econ; Economic Rent; Academic Economist; Imaginative Experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230119987_1

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