MR HENRY GEORGE

An Examination of Mr George's position as a Systematic

Economist; and a Review of the Competitive
and Socialistic Schools of Economy.

BY

ROBERT SCOTT MOFFAT

London

REMINGTON & CO PUBLISHERS

HENRIETTA STREET COVENT GARDEN

1885

[All Rights Reserved]

BOOK I. ON POPULATION.

Introduction

7

On the Unpopularity of the Existing Theory of Population 11

Mr. George's Examination of the Facts in Support of the

The Problem of Population Viewed in the Light of Analogy 46

The Facts Against the Malthusian Theory

The Application of the Theory of Population

64

70

BOOK II. ON WAGES AND CAPITAL.

Mr. George's Introduction: Statement of the Problem... 87

The Current Doctrine of Wages

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92

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102

The Inductive Argument for the Independence of Wages 111

The Functions of Capital

II.

III.

IV.

The Law of Interest...

The Speculative Effect of Progress: Mr. George's System

Completed ...

V. (Supplementary.) Two Rival Theories of the Future of

Labour: Profit-Sharing, and Regulation of Wages by

Time...

231