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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Agrarian Justice canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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