9. What is the attitude of most economists toward the future unearned
increment of land?


REQUIRED READINGS

1. Williamson, _Readings in American Democracy_, chapter xi.

Or all of the following:

2. Carver, _Elementary Economics_, chapter xlv.

3. George, _Progress and Poverty_, book ix.

4. _International Encyclopedia_, vol. 21, article on "Single Tax."


QUESTIONS ON THE REQUIRED READINGS

1. Who were the Physiocrats? (Carver, page 372.)

2. What is the "ethical argument" in favor of the single tax?
(_International Encyclopedia_, vol. 21, page 136.)

3. What is the "expediency argument" in favor of the single tax?
(_International Encyclopedia_, vol. 21, page 136.)

4. What is meant by "mining" the soil, and what is the relation of
this practice to the single tax? (Carver, pages 375-376.)