James Ahiakpor takes Roy Davidson to task for a supposedly superficial  
reading of James's posts. But James himself admits to not having known  
of Henry George's substantial _The Science of Political Economy_ (first  
ed., 1897). His superficial acquaintance with George hasn't held him  
back from proclaiming, in an earlier post, his confidence that he could  
do with him what he has already so notably done for the world with that  
other confused soul, John Maynard Keynes: debunk him.  
  
But he has asked me for evidence that "there is much demand for such an  
effort to take up documenting the sources of George's errors". There is  
a voluminous literature on George. I'll mention two:  
  
1. Robert V Andelson (ed.), _Critics of Henry George: A Centenary  
Appraisal of their Strictures on "Progress and Poverty"_. (Cranbury, NJ:  
Associated University presses, 1979). It has 27 chapters on such critics  
as Marshall, Francis Walker, J B Clark, Seligman, Carver, Ely, and  
Rothbart. Pat Gunning would particularly enjoy the paper by Aaron Fuller  
on Herbert Davenport: "Single Taxer of the Looser Observance", which  
nicely brings out the need to distinguish between what is true of the  
individual entrepreneur (rent is a cost) and the society (rent is not a  
cost).  
  
2. Kenneth C Wenzer (ed.), _Land-Value Taxation: The Equitable and  
Efficient Source of Public Finance_ (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1999).  
This includes four chapters on George's modern relevance by Nobel  
Laureate William Vickrey. Our friend Mason Gaffney also has a chapter on  
"Tax Reform to Release Land".  
  
Roger Sandilands