Progress and poverty

Henry George gained great popularity with the publication of his book "Progress and Poverty," which is an investigation into the causes of industrial depression and the increase in demand with the increase in wealth. He sees this as an economic dilemma that leads to dire social consequences. In the book, he sought to present the dilemma and try to find a cure for it, so the book was popular. At the time of its publication, it sold millions of copies globally, which may exceed any other American book at that time. Henry George was concerned in the late nineteenth century with emphasizing the injustice of land ownership and the misery that this system caused for the vast majority of people, so the rich confronted him, except He persevered until many famous people embraced his doctrine, including Leon Tolstoy. It was not long before many people supported him and his books were translated into most languages. The author does not claim to bring anything new, but rather reflects on the ideas of the predecessors. He says, "I did not deviate from denying the common doctrines that were unable to explain the cause of the spread of poverty despite the increase in public wealth, so our benefit from them was limited to their pointing out that the solution to this social problem depends on identifying the laws that Wealth is distributed according to it, and by examining these laws, which economists thought were fixed laws that determine the share of labor, capital, and land in the public product, it became clear that they are confused and that there is no relative relationship between them.