Henry George vs. Albert Einstein
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Henry George
1839 – 1897
Henry George was an American political economist, social philosopher and journalist. His writing was immensely popular in 19th-century America and sparked several reform movements of the Progressive Era. He inspired the economic philosophy known as Georgism, the belief that people should own the value they produce themselves, but that the economic value of land should belong equally to all members of society.
"Henry George Photograph part of the Nineteenth Century Notables Digital Collection at Gettysburg College"
Albert Einstein
1879 – 1955
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation".
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."
Connections
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