William Simon U'Ren
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William Simon U'Ren was an American lawyer and political activist. U'Ren promoted and helped pass a corrupt practices act, the presidential primary, and direct election of U.S. senators. As a progress
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Plaque honoring U'Ren at the Clackamas County Courthouse in Oregon City
Progress and Poverty
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Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth: The Remedy is an 1879 book by social theorist and economist Henry George. It
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…would make possible his recovery from the frequently fatal illness. It was in Honolulu that U'Ren was exposed to the economic work of Henry George, Progress and Poverty, which was greatly influential upon his thought. In 1889, the 30-year-old U'Ren relocated to the Pacific Northwest, working for a time as a ranch hand…
Title page for Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth: The Remedy (1881 edition)
Portrait of George by I. W. Taber, taken shortly after writing Progress and Poverty