Agrarian Justice

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Agrarian Justice is a 1797 pamphlet by Thomas Paine that argues for economic equality through land taxation and early forms of social welfare.

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instanceOf pamphlet ⓘ
addresses landed aristocracy ⓘ
legislators ⓘ
aimsTo justify systematic social welfare on grounds of justice ⓘ
reconcile private property with natural equality ⓘ
author Thomas Paine ⓘ
contrastsWith charity-based poor relief ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticizes extreme wealth inequality ⓘ
hereditary property ⓘ
form open letter ⓘ
genre economic treatise ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
hasCentralClaim private property in land creates an injustice that must be compensated ⓘ
the earth is the common property of all people ⓘ
those deprived of their natural inheritance in land deserve compensation ⓘ
hasConcept ground-rent as social dividend ⓘ
natural inheritance ⓘ
hasReception considered an early articulation of basic income ideas ⓘ
recognized as a pioneering work in social insurance theory ⓘ
historicalContext post-French Revolution period ⓘ
influenced agrarian reform movements ⓘ
debates on universal basic income ⓘ
modern welfare state theory ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
French Revolution ⓘ
Lockean theory of property ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject agrarianism ⓘ
economic equality ⓘ
land taxation ⓘ
property rights ⓘ
social welfare ⓘ
philosophicalTradition classical liberalism ⓘ
egalitarian liberalism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
proposes old-age pension ⓘ
redistribution of wealth ⓘ
tax on inherited land ⓘ
universal basic capital grant ⓘ
proposesMechanism lump-sum payment to all young adults ⓘ
national fund financed by land taxes ⓘ
regular payments to the elderly ⓘ
publicationYear 1797 ⓘ
relatedWork Rights of Man ⓘ
supports rights-based social welfare ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed 18th century ⓘ

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subject surface form: Thomas Paine
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subject surface form: Thomas Paine