Progress and Poverty is Henry George's classic book on the causes and effects of industrial depressions. This classic work is an enquiry into the cause of industrial depressions and the persistence of poverty amid advancing wealth. The author realized that the harmful effects could be rectified through a change in the tax system and allowing market forces to work. It was admired and advocated by great minds such as Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Leo Tolstoy and Sun Yat-sen in China. It offered an alternative ethical and practical guide at a time when the collapse of the Marxist/Socialist experiment and the deep recession in the West left many seeking fresh inspiration.