# Emile de Laveleye — Progress and Poverty character guide

> Emile de Laveleye in Progress and Poverty by Henry George.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** M. de Laveleye, M. Emile de Laveleye

**First appearance:** 0056-iv-private-property-in-land-historically-considered

## Who they are

Belgian economist and author referenced on land ownership and taxation.

## In the story

### [From a More General Distribution of Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/progress_and_poverty_se/chapters/vi-from-a-more-general-distribution-of-land)

Quoted extensively on the effects of minute land division in Belgium and Holland, arguing it worsens laborer conditions and serves as a 'lightning conductor' against radical reform.

### [Private Property in Land Historically Considered](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/progress_and_poverty_se/chapters/iv-private-property-in-land-historically-considered)

Cited as a key authority whose work 'Primitive Property' demonstrates that in all primitive societies land was joint property subject to periodic redistribution.

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