Project Gutenberg 2001-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 54 Greenwood, William Confiscation; An Outline "Confiscation; An Outline" by William Greenwood is a radical economic treatise written in the late 19th century. The work critiques the existing socio-economic inequalities in the United States, arguing for the redistribution of wealth through an enforced cap on individual fortunes, asserting that excessive wealth undermines the foundation of a true republic. The central theme revolves around the idea of confiscation of assets exceeding a set limit, with the intent of returning resources to the wider populace to alleviate poverty and economic disparities. The opening of the book presents a scathing indictment of the prevailing capitalist system, suggesting that the nation's economic model closely resembles that of a monarchy, where wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few at the expense of the many. Greenwood posits that legislative inaction and the continued dominance of individual greed have led to a situation where, despite abundance, many citizens face starvation. He argues that the solution lies in confiscating excess wealth and redistributing resources, thus restoring the power of the people and ensuring that the republic serves all its citizens. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918 Confiscations HN Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Sociology 158656 158657 2024-10-02T04:00:17.278807 2023-10-02T04:13:12.844550 text/html text/html 158649 158650 2024-10-02T04:00:17.509839 2023-10-02T04:13:12.989562 text/html text/html 136918 2024-10-02T04:00:23.518797 application/epub+zip 137582 2024-10-02T04:00:20.555771 application/epub+zip 123841 2024-10-02T04:00:19.363838 application/epub+zip 270663 2024-10-02T04:00:25.742745 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 260983 2024-10-02T04:00:22.771822 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222592 2022-09-02T05:02:09.206825 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144351 144379 2024-10-02T04:00:16.991850 2023-10-02T04:13:12.655521 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 136887 2015-04-03T16:47:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 52325 2015-04-03T16:47:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18570 2024-10-02T04:00:25.862780 application/rdf+xml 15017 2024-10-02T04:00:19.900797 image/jpeg 4107 2024-10-02T04:00:19.630791 image/jpeg 135180 2024-10-02T04:00:17.525808 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog