Henry George, Emile de Laveleye, and the Issue of Peasant Proprietorship

In Emile de Laveleye's demonstration that communal land-holding was universally a characteristic of primitive societies, Henry George saw evidence of a golden age before the development of private ownership of land. Though he agreed with George that unequal access to land was a major cause of t...

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Published in:The American journal of economics and sociology 2008-01, Vol.67 (1), p.47-60
Main Author: Heavey, Jerome F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural land
Economic rent
George's Ideas in Debate
George, Henry
Land
Land economics
Land ownership
Land rent
Land rights
Land use
Land value taxes
Laveleye, Emile de
Nineteenth Century
Ownership
Peasant class
Peasantry
Peasants
Political history
Political theory
Poverty
Private land
Property
Proprietors
Proprietorships
Rents
Studies
Tenants
U.S.A
Victor de Laveleye, Emile Louis
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Summary:In Emile de Laveleye's demonstration that communal land-holding was universally a characteristic of primitive societies, Henry George saw evidence of a golden age before the development of private ownership of land. Though he agreed with George that unequal access to land was a major cause of the social evil of poverty, de Laveleye did not consider it the sole cause of poverty. Where George would nationalize land rent, de Laveleye would make private ownership more widespread; and he faulted George for giving too little attention to the question of how government would use the revenue from a land tax, and for failing to consider the concentration of capital as a cause of poverty.
ISSN:0002-9246
1536-7150
DOI:10.1111/j.1536-7150.2007.00556.x