The New Utopia; or, Progress and Prosperity. An Exposure of the Evils Produced by Unwise Legislation, and A Suggestion of the Means Whereby They May Be Remedied
| Title | The New Utopia; or, Progress and Prosperity. An Exposure of the Evils Produced by Unwise Legislation, and A Suggestion of the Means Whereby They May Be Remedied |
| Year for Search | 1890 |
| Authors | Johnston,, Alexander M.A. |
| Date Published | 1890 |
| Publisher | Turner and Henderson |
| Place Published | Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Keywords | Australian author, Male author |
| Annotation | Mostly an essay but includes a section describing how the eutopian New South Wales will look after the adoption of his system, which then spreads around the world. No tariffs. Free rail transport. Free post and telegraph. Federated Australia with a State Bank. Single tax on land. The idea of a single tax on land originated with Henry George (1839-97). For Henry George's explanation of the single tax, see his Progress and Poverty. An Inquiry Into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and Of Increase of Want With Increase of Wealth. The Remedy. San Francisco, CA: W.M. Hinton, 1879. Fiftieth Anniversary Ed. New York: The Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, 1929. |
| Info Notes | Includes a separately paged section Free Railways or the abolition of Tolls and Taxes. A Lecture Delivered in the Mechanics' Institute, Singleton, June 26th, 1890 (24 pp). |
| Holding Institutions | A, ATL, M, O, PSt |
| Author Note | Australian author. |
| Full Text | 1890 Johnston, Alexander W., M.A. The New Utopia; or, Progress and Prosperity. An Exposure of the Evils Produced by Unwise Legislation, and A Suggestion of the Means Whereby They May Be Remedied. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Turner and Henderson. Includes a separately paged section Free Railways or the abolition of Tolls and Taxes. A Lecture Delivered in the Mechanics’ Institute, Singleton, June 26th, 1890 (24 pp). A, ATL, M, O, PSt Mostly an essay but includes a section describing how the eutopian New South Wales will look after the adoption of his system, which then spreads around the world. No tariffs. Free rail transport. Free post and telegraph. Federated Australia with a State Bank. Single tax on land. The idea of a single tax on land originated with Henry George (1839-97). For Henry George's explanation of the single tax, see his Progress and Poverty. An Inquiry Into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and Of Increase of Want With Increase of Wealth. The Remedy. San Francisco, CA: W.M. Hinton, 1879. Fiftieth Anniversary Ed. New York: The Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, 1929. |
