# Herbert Spencer, Henry George, and the Land Question, Part 2

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/herbert-spencer-henry-george-and-the-land-question-part-2>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** March 9, 2016

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George H. Smith discusses the mutual misunderstandings of Spencer and George, and George’s effective criticism of Spencer’s weak defense of private property.

[Originally published in essay form on July 9, 2013.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/excursions/herbert-spencer-henry-george-land-question-part-2)

_Narrated by Terence West._