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Currently
we offer two versions of the course. They both use the same
approach and cover the same ideas. All instructors understand
that people often don't have time to read all of the text
provided, so the key ideas are clearly explained and discussed
in class and in summary materials.
The classic version is now done in ten weekly sessions.
It uses Henry George's original text, the book with which
George started a major American political movement, that
elected mayors and congressman, that brought about the major
reforms later labeled "progressive," that sold
over 2 million copies and was translated into "more
than a dozen" languages. As critic John Kieran wrote:
"The style is striking; the metaphors are sparkling;
the allusions are illuminating." Another reviewer called
it "matchless in logic, beautiful in diction, perfect
in illustration." More recently, journalist Michael
Kinsley declared
it one of his favorites, "fun to read." Some of
our students have called it "poetry." The full
text is available on
line, and the book is available for purchase,
but you will be given a copy when you begin the classic
course.
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Instead
of Henry George's original text, the modern version of Progress
& Poverty takes advantage of a modernized and shortened
text published in 2006 to make George's ideas more accessible
to the modern reader. You'll be given a copy of this
book, which retains the flavor and structure, and essentially
all the ideas, of the original, when you begin the modern
version of our course. This text is also available free
on-line,
as is an audio
version. The modern version of Progress & Poverty is
normally done in five sessions, over five weeks, or five
consecutive days. |
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