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Author: Thomas Paine
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 614
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of Paine's writings focuses on the economic issues: the development of a central bank, paper money and public debt in the light of an interpretation of his politcal theory as a combination of liberal and republican ideas.
Author: Karen M. Ford
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 557
ISBN-13: 9780773482920
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas Paine
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 0244600007
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTom Paine's 'Agrarian Justice' (1797) continues to inspire progressive politicians today as a source of two contemporary policies, Land Value Taxation and Universal (Basic) Income (Citizen's Income). His starting point was the belief, widespread until the end of the eighteenth century, that the Earth is the common property of humankind. Rather than advocating the common ownership of land, he proposed that landowners 'owe to the community a ground-rent', the market rent of their land. He advocated that this be paid into a fund to be used for the benefit of all, both as a lump sum payment on reaching adulthood and as a pension for older people. He is well worth reading for his passion and rhetoric. This publication also includes a riposte written in the same year by Thomas Spence, who had published a similar but more radical proposal in 1776. It also contains a 20th century re-statement of individual and common rights to the Earth and a summary of the relevance of Agrarian Justice today.
Author: Thomas Paine
Publisher: The Capitol Net Inc
Published: 2011-06-01
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13: 1587332299
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAddressed to the Inhabitants of America, on the Following Interesting Subjects, viz.: I. Of the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession. III. Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs. IV. Of the Present Ability of America, with some Miscellaneous Reflections
Author: Thomas Paine
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Published: 1906
Total Pages: 172
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas Paine
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2015-05-26
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781512210781
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced Social Security to the American people, he described it as "a return to values lost in the course of our economic development and expansion." A return to values indeed. Our Social Security system, which celebrates its 80th birthday this year, was founded in the 20th century, yet the concept of a national program of Social Security benefits dates back to the founding of the nation. Founding Father Thomas Paine published his pamphlet, Agrarian Justice, in 1797. There, Paine proposed old-age and disability benefits, funded by a tax on estates. In Agrarian Justice, Paine makes the compelling case that the fruits of our great wealth and productivity are most beneficial when they are used to support economic security and dignity for all Americans. This new edition of Agrarian Justice includes a Foreword by best-selling author and Social Security expert Nancy Altman. The Foreword highlights how Social Security embodies the values animating our nation's founding and the ideas set forth by Founding Father Thomas Paine in Agrarian Justice.
Author: Thomas Paine
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Published: 1894
Total Pages: 468
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Christopher Hitchens
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2008-09
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780802143839
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThomas Paine's "Rights of Man" has been celebrated, criticized, maligned, suppressed, and co-opted, but Hitchens marvels at its forethought and revels in its contentiousness. In this book, he demonstrates how Paine's book forms the philosophical cornerstone of the U.S.
Author: Yuval Levin
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2013-12-03
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 0465040942
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn acclaimed portrait of Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the origins of modern conservatism and liberalism In The Great Debate, Yuval Levin explores the roots of the left/right political divide in America by examining the views of the men who best represented each side at its origin: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. Striving to forge a new political path in the tumultuous age of the American and French revolutions, these two ideological titans sparred over moral and philosophical questions about the nature of political life and the best approach to social change: radical and swift, or gradual and incremental. The division they articulated continues to shape our political life today. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the basis of our political order and Washington's acrimonious rifts today, The Great Debate offers a profound examination of what conservatism, progressivism, and the debate between them truly amount to.
Author: Robert Lamb
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-05-28
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 1107106524
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn introduction to and analytical reconstruction of Thomas Paine's political philosophy and his account of human rights.
