# The Most Popular Economist

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/portraits-of-liberty/the-most-popular-economist>

**By** Paul Meany

**Published:** May 5, 2022

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In 1879, Henry George wrote Progress and Poverty, still one of the bestselling economics books of all time; in it, he argued for the abolition of all kinds of taxes but one.

## SUMMARY:

Henry George was born into a middle-class family and only received a few years of formal schooling before starting work at the age of fourteen. While struggling through hardships, George questioned how great prosperity and great poverty could coexist. His magnum opus Progress and Poverty was read across the globe, inspiring millions to question the justice and efficacy of taxation.

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