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"… There is but one way to remove an evil-and that is,to remove its cause. Poverty deepens as wealth increases,and wages are forced down while productive power grows,because land,which is the source of all wealth and the field of all labor,is monopolized.To extirpate poverty,to make wages what justice commands they should be,the full earnings of the laborer,we must therefore substitute for the individual ownership of land a common ownership.Nothing else will go to the cause of the evil…This,then,is the remedy for the unjust and unequal distribution of wealth apparent in modern civilization,and for all the evils which flow from it…
Henry George,Progress and Poverty,1879
-Which of the following details most directly contradicts the argument made here by Henry George?

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Henry George argues that poverty is deepening despite increases in wealth and productive power due to the monopolization of land, which he believes is the source of all wealth and labor. He suggests that the remedy is common ownership of land to eliminate unjust and unequal distribution of wealth. None of the options contradict this argument directly, but C does not support it as it states workers' real wages increased during the second half of the 19th century, which is opposite to George's view that wages are forced down as wealth increases. Therefore, C is the best choice.

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