One does not have a book be the biggest
seller in its category in a whole century unless
it is written well. Indeed, parts of _Progress and
Poverty_ are quite stirring and dramatic, definitely
far better written than most economics books, which
are, well, not.
Barkley Rosser
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 6:32 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:7883] Henry George
>[was: Re: [PEN-L:7881] RE: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: de Soto]
>
>my favorite line from Henry George's PROGRESS & POVERTY was in response to
>the accusation that his tax on rental income was expropriation was to the
>effect that "isn't it illegal to hold stolen property and wasn't this land
>-- like all land -- at one point or another stolen?" (not an exact quote).
>He wrote well, even though he was a bigot.
>
>Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
>
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