Word: landed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...report of the Harvard Union Debate of Thursday night was crowded out of yesterday's issue. The question discussed was: "Resolved that the Land Tax of Henry George should be abolished." The principal disputants for the affirmative were Mr. Stedman, L. S. and Mr. Torrey, '90: For the negative, J. A. Bailey, '88 and J. M. Hallowell, '88. Mr. Stedman said that economic laws should be based on facts not on ideals. Land made valuable by the efforts of the community, should be taken for the good of the community...
...weeks' vacation, looks triumphantly at the struggling mortal next to him who sees with horror that his first comes on Jan. 27th and his last on February 11th. Every time when this "mene mene tekel" appears on the walls of Cambridge, there is a panic abroad in the land. Let the capitalist, the owner of ten days' vacation hide his glee that the envy of others may be less...
Question: "Resolved, that the Land Tax of Henry George should be adopted...
...economic courses now given at Harvard in the prominence of the historical method. Professor Dunbar lectures upon the economic history of Europe and America since the seven years war, and also upon the history of financial legislation in the United States. Assistant-Prof. Laughlin considers the economic effect of land tenures in England, Ireland, France and Germany-a subject from the standpoint of economic history, the most important in the whole field. Assistant-Prof. Taussig lectures upon the history of economic theory and upon the history of tariff legislation in the United States. The creation of suggestive environment...
Question: "Resolved, that the Land Tax of Henry George should be adopted...