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An American economist, Henry George proposed the single tax on land value, arguing that land rent should fund society and reduce inequality rather than burdening labor or capital.
Political topics
Henry George leans further toward free market than 90% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Free market is where Henry George stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, Henry George sits practically at the catalog median.
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Doctrine that organizes the state through a constitutional division of power between a central government and autonomous regional units, such as cantons or states, with their own competencies, independent courts, and mutual checks against excessive concentration of power.
Economic philosophy founded by Henry George holding that natural resources and land belong to the whole community, advocating a single land value tax (LVT) and the abolition of taxes on labor and capital.
Political tradition that places individual freedom at the center, defending rights, tolerance, the rule of law, a market economy, and limits on power, with government subject to the consent of citizens.
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Pol Pot SocialismRadical Left26%
A French economist, Bastiat defended free trade and limited government with clarity and irony, denouncing protectionism and what is not seen in economic policies, becoming a classic of liberal thought.
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A parliamentary republic in the Middle East, Lebanon divides power among religious communities in a confessional system, with pluralism, a strong service sector, and chronic political and economic instability.
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A union of Poland and Lithuania from 1569 to 1795, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a noble republic with an elected king, a Sejm and the liberum veto, unusual religious tolerance and a vast multiethnic territory, until partitioned by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
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