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Alycia Crabb
on Oct 11, 2024
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Henry George offered a(n) ________ as a solution for the problem of inequality in America.
A) low-income housing program
B) single tax
C) immigration restriction law
D) communist platform
E) forced Americanization program
Henry George
A 19th-century American economist and writer known for his belief that individuals should own the value they produce but that land and natural resources should belong to all (the single tax theory).
Single Tax
Concept of taxing only landowners as a remedy for poverty, promulgated by HenryGeorge in Progress and Poverty (1879).
Inequality
The state of being unequal, especially in terms of rights, status, and opportunities among different groups of people in society.
- Examine the contributions of social ideologues and their suggested remedies for the era's difficulties, covering Social Darwinism and nationalism.
- Understand the role of literature and intellectual thought in critiquing and proposing solutions to societal issues.
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Learning Objectives
- Examine the contributions of social ideologues and their suggested remedies for the era's difficulties, covering Social Darwinism and nationalism.
- Understand the role of literature and intellectual thought in critiquing and proposing solutions to societal issues.