Project Gutenberg 2021-02-23 Public domain in the USA. 289 Money, L. G. Chiozza (Leo George Chiozza) 1870 1944 Money, Leo George Chiozza Chiozza Money, L. G. (Leo George) Chiozza, Leone Giorgio Riches and Poverty (1910) Book I. The error of distribution: Thoughts arising out of a great controversy. The national income. Distribution of the national income. The estates of rich and poor. The national accumulations. The monopoly of capital. The area of the United Kingdom. Those who work and those who wait. Profits, bad trade and unemployment. Part of their wages. Consequences. The waste of capital -- Book II. Towards organization: The golden key. The nation's children. The school. The home. The empty country. Organization. The aged poor. Adam Smith's first maxim of taxation. The main instrument of taxation. The death duties. Of revenue without taxation. Conclusion. Turgut Dincer, Chris Pinfield and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Riches and Poverty" by L. G. Chiozza Money is a socio-economic analysis written in the early 20th century. The work examines the distribution of wealth and income in Britain, highlighting the growing disparity between the rich and the poor during a time of social unrest. The author delves into the statistics of British incomes around 1908-1909, arguing that despite the overall wealth of the nation, significant portions of the population are living in poverty. The opening of the book sets the stage for a thorough exploration of economic inequality in Britain. It begins with a note on the methodology and statistics used, presenting stark figures that indicate a concentrated wealth distribution, where a small number of individuals hold a large share of the national income. This is contrasted with the plight of the vast majority, many of whom struggle to meet basic needs. The author emphasizes the disconnect between the apparent prosperity of the nation and the real living conditions of its poorest citizens, laying the groundwork for a critique of current economic policies and inviting a reevaluation of how wealth is distributed and understood in society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 58.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 19th century Working class -- Great Britain -- History Finance -- Great Britain -- History Poor -- Great Britain -- History HC Text Category: History - British Category: Economics 895896 2025-09-25T12:20:49.800192 text/html 881942 2024-10-18T11:14:27 text/html 554730 2025-09-25T12:21:08.540095 application/epub+zip 553197 2025-09-25T12:20:52.973151 application/epub+zip 405571 2025-09-25T12:20:51.525122 application/epub+zip 758314 2025-09-25T12:21:17.557990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 675406 2025-09-25T12:21:06.949053 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 527760 2022-09-29T06:08:00.011095 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 686707 2025-09-25T12:20:47.173152 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 666792 2024-10-18T11:14:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17906 2025-09-25T12:21:17.751992 application/rdf+xml 10205 2025-09-25T12:20:51.736116 image/jpeg 1883 2025-09-25T12:20:51.632108 image/jpeg 475274 2025-09-25T12:20:49.857137 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia