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...COOKE and W. E. HUTTON.Best general references: Henry George, Progress and Poverty; Ricardo, Political Economy, Chaps. 24, 32; J. S. Mill, Political Economy, Bk. V, Chap. 3, S 3; Public Opinion IX, 523 (Sept. 13, 1890); Westminster Review, Vol. 137, p. 513 (May, 1892); R. T. Ely, Taxation in the United States; Report of Conference of Am. Soc. Sci. Asso. for 1890; Herbert Spencer, Social Statics, Chap...
...substitution of the single tax on land would be a decided improvement: Henry George, Progress and Poverty. - (a) Simple. - (b) Economical. - (c) Can not be evaded. - (d) Automatic. - (e) Less burdensome. - (f) Frees industry and commerce. - (g) Removes taxes upon labor and capital: George, in Century, XL, 3. - (h) Equitable...
...Land values are the best subject for taxation: Ricardo, Chaps. 24, 32; Henry George, Progress and Poverty. - (a) Society may justly appropriate land rents. - (1) Rents are due to the development of society, not to the owner's activity. - (b) Taxation of land rents will prevent unjust enrichments from land investments. - (c) It will prevent speculation in land. - (d) It will lead to the more effective use of land...
...magazine contains also the customary reviews of "The University," Athletics," and "The Graduates." The position of University Editor, formerly held by Secretary Frank Bolles, is now held by Professor A. B. Hart. Under his charge are the quarterly reviews of the progress and changes in the University, including Radcliffe College, particularly in the various departments of Harvard College proper...
...John Henry Newman's The Idea of a University (Essay on Christianity and Letters) from "In the country which has been" through "the best guarantees for intellectual progress," to be translated into Latin...