Georgist İdeoloji ve Ekonomi Politik: Kuram, Konum, Katkı, Kılgı

Yıl 2026, Cilt: 44 Sayı: 1, 131 - 155, 23.03.2026

Musa Kızıltepe

https://doi.org/10.17065/huniibf.1677079

https://izlik.org/JA37XE63XL

Öz

Kapitalizmin tarihsel gelişimi boyunca ortaya çıkan sorunlar, sosyalizmin doğuşu ile liberal ve neoklasik düşüncenin eleştirisine zemin hazırlamış; ancak bu karşıt görüşler arasında uzlaştırıcı yahut alternatif bir düşünsel çözüm de üretilememiştir. Bu çelişki karşısında Henry George tarafından önerilen paradigmatik açılım, ana akım ekonomi politiğin her iki kampından herhangi birine tam olarak yerleşmeyen bir fikri sentez ve müdahale olarak ortaya çıkmıştır. Literatürde, betimleyici değerlendirmesi, savunusu ve eleştirisinin, özel mülkiyetin özünü tartışmaya açan felsefi yönünün, ideolojik mahiyetinin ve ait olması gerektiği düşünsel kampın, ekonomik krizin genel teorisi ve etkinlik kaybı sorununa çözüm olma iddiasının, güncel yorumlarının, uygulama girişimi örnek ve sonuçlarının, parçalı ve dağınık biçimde tartışıldığı görülen Georgizm’in; kuramsal bütünlüğünü, ideolojik özgünlüğünü, kriz teorisi ve etkinlik kaybı çözümünün önemi ile uygulama araçlarının teknik içerik olarak dönüşümünü ve tarihsel pratiğini, bir arada ele alan bir çalışmanın yokluğu Georgist fikriyatın anlaşılabilirliğinin ve değerinin azalmasına neden olmaktadır. Bu azalma da Georgizm’in kalıtsal yoksulluğu ve sürdürülemez ekonomik düzeni tersine çevirecek ideal politika ve strateji olma yönündeki büyük iddiasını unutturabilmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Georgist ideoloji ve ekonomi politiğin tüm boyutlarıyla dört eksende birden (-kuram, -konum, -katkı, -kılgı) ele alınarak bütünsel bir değerlendirmesinin yapılmasıdır. Bu sayede Georgizm’in tam kapsamlı bir temel analiz çerçevesinin literatüre kazandırılması hedeflenmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Henry George , Georgizm , Georgist Ekonomi Politik , Rant Vergilendirme , Rant Kamulaştırma

Georgist Ideology and Political Economy: Theory, Position, Contribution, Practice

https://izlik.org/JA37XE63XL

Öz

The problems that emerged throughout the historical development of capitalism paved the way for the emergence of socialism and the critique of liberal and neoclassical thought; however, no conciliatory or alternative intellectual solution could be produced between these opposing views. In the face of this contradiction, the paradigmatic expansion proposed by Henry George emerged as an intellectual synthesis and intervention that did not fit neatly into either camp of mainstream political economy. The literature presents fragmented and disjointed discussions of Georgism’s descriptive assessment, its defense and critique, its philosophical aspect that challenges the very essence of private property, its ideological nature and the intellectual camp to which it should belong, its claim to be a general theory of economic crisis and a solution to the problem of efficiency loss, its current interpretations, and examples and results of implementation attempts. The absence of a study that combines Georgism’s theoretical integrity, ideological originality, the importance of crisis theory and the solution to efficiency loss, the transformation of the means of implementation in terms of technical content and its historical practice, diminishes the comprehensibility and value of Georgist thought. This decline, in turn, can lead to the oblivion of Georgism’s grand claim to be the ideal policy and strategy for reversing inherited poverty and unsustainable economic order. The aim of this study is to make a holistic evaluation of Georgist ideology and political economy by considering all its dimensions together on four axes (-theory, -position, -contribution, -practice). In this way, it is aimed to bring a comprehensive fundamental analysis framework of Georgism to the literature.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Henry George , Georgism , Georgist Political Economy , Rent Taxation , Rent Appropriation

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