. Review of reviews and world's work. 52 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REI^IEIV OF REVIEWS. REAL-ESTATE REFORM IN IIEKR ADOLF DAMASCHKE, EMINENT GERMAN REAL-ESTATEREFORMER. SOCIALISM and capitalism will be recon-ciled only when land monopoly has beenabolished. This is the opinion of Mr. JohanHanson, a Swedish economist. Writing in theSocial Tidskrift (Stockholm), Mr. Hanson re-views the land-ownership situation in bothEurope and America. As early as the middle of the eighteenth cen-tury, this writer reminds us, there were thosewho foresaw the evil results of private owner-ship of land. It was
. Review of reviews and world's work. 52 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REI^IEIV OF REVIEWS. REAL-ESTATE REFORM IN IIEKR ADOLF DAMASCHKE, EMINENT GERMAN REAL-ESTATEREFORMER. SOCIALISM and capitalism will be recon-ciled only when land monopoly has beenabolished. This is the opinion of Mr. JohanHanson, a Swedish economist. Writing in theSocial Tidskrift (Stockholm), Mr. Hanson re-views the land-ownership situation in bothEurope and America. As early as the middle of the eighteenth cen-tury, this writer reminds us, there were thosewho foresaw the evil results of private owner-ship of land. It was not until 1880, however,that an American, Henry George, first broughtthe problem of land-ownership forcibly to publicnotice. Mr. Georges ideas have, in general,been accepted by real-estate reformers. Thepractical application is the only point at whichthe views diverge. After discussing the single-tax theory as heldin the United States, and complimenting MayorTom Johnson, of Cleveland, as the AmericanTolstoy, the Swedish economist turns to says : III Manitoba, fanning land T)een rented .succes
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