Henry George School of Social Science Chicago Illinois

Robert F Jene (1933-2023)

Bob Jene (relaxing after a class in 2008)

Longtime Instructor, Board member and former Administrative Director of the Henry George School of Chicago, Bob Jene died October 22. He had been involved with the School since the 1980s, teaching Progress & Poverty as well as advanced courses, giving seminars on topics such as the Costly Returns of the income tax, and No Farms No Food about the need to preserve agricultural land. He earned his living as a computer programmer. Obituary.

There will be a remembrance in Rogers Park on November 18, and mass and burial at Eau Claire on November 25. Details

(The family requests RSVP using the link on the pdf, or here.)

We will miss Bob’s dedication and enthusiasm for the Georgist understanding.

New mailing and shipping address

The box lobby of Loop Station of the Chicago Post Office hasn’t offered 24-hour access for a number of years. Mail for the box section hasn’t been put up on Saturdays for a number of years either. Due to higher fees and less convenient access, we surrendered our PO Box on October 30, 2023.

Use this address to send mail to us. We can also receive packages at this address.

Henry George School of Social Science Chicago Illinois
333 S Wabash Ave Suite 2700
Chicago IL 60604

This is the location in the Loop at which we hold presentations and classes.

Class Schedule for Fall 2023

Henry George School will be offering Introducing Progress and Poverty and two class during Fall 2023.

	Course	Day/Time	Starts	Ends	Sessions	Instructor	location
Event	Introducing Progress and Poverty (serves as first session of Progress and Poverty)	5:30 PM Thursday	October 12		1	Chuck Metalitz	Loop
Basic	Progress and Poverty (classic version)	5:30 PM Thursday	October 19	December 21	2-10	Adam Kerman	Loop
Advanced	Applied Economics ADVANCED COURSE	5:30 PM Monday	October 9	December 11	10	Chuck Metalitz	Loop or by Zoom

Loop events and classes meet at Signature Office Center, 333 S Wabash Ave #2700.

You are welcome to attend the first session of either course without paying any fee. If you choose to enroll in the course, a $25 fee is requested to help cover expenses. The registration fee includes the text and all class materials.

Class is scheduled for two hours, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Central time, but some adjustment can be made to accommodate student constraints.

Applied Economics is an ADVANCED COURSE, which presupposes familiarity with the concepts explored in Progress and Poverty. Students should have previously taken Progress and Poverty or its equivalent with us or at another Henry George School, or through the Henry George Institute, or elsewhere.

Applied Economics will also be offered by Zoom. You must register by email to attend by Zoom. events@hgchicago.org

Due to building policies, you must register to attend any of our events and classes at 333 S Wabash Ave #2700. Let us know by email events@hgchicago.org or call 312 362-9302 to attend. There’s no obligation.

Help us celebrate Henry George Day September 4 in Evanston

Ganesha in the Garden — Like LVT, a Remover of Obstacles — Image credit Cristina Kaisserian CC BY-NC 2.0

Friends of the Henry George School will gather again in Evanston to celebrate the birthday of Henry George. (He was actually born September 2, 1839, but we customarily observe on the Monday holiday designated to honor working people.) Due to local solar conditions, we’ll start around 3 PM, continuing until more-or-less dark around 7 PM.

All graduates, students, prospective students, volunteers, and other supporters and friends of the Henry George School are invited. It’d be great if you want to bring food or drink to share, but that’s not required. But please do let us know you’ll be coming. While we’ll have grillables and other edibles, water and beer; it’ll be helpful if someone volunteers to bring a bag of ice, some soft drinks, etc. Also email if you have any questions.

To: events@hgchicago.org

Business phone: 312 362-9302

Please let us know, preferably by email, that you’ll attend. When you do, we’ll respond with the exact address.

Capitalism, Socialism, Georgism at Platypus Affiliated Society, University of Chicago chapter

The Platypus Affiliated Society, University of Chicago chapter, has invited Chuck Metalitz to give a teach-in. It’s aimed at the university community, but all are welcome.

Capitalism, Socialism, Georgism
by Chuck Metalitz

5 pm till 7 pm
Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Platypus Affiliated Society University of Chicago chapter
Cobb Lecture Hall
Room 102
5811 S Ellis Ave
Chicago, Illinois

https://www.facebook.com/events/884469779530105/

Getting into the habit of thinking — Introducing Progress and Poverty

One of our graduates observed that our Progress and Poverty course “helped me get into the habit of thinking, and not just accepting things.” If you’d like to gain that habit, or even if not, you might enjoy discovering some important ideas with Introducing Progress and Poverty. For folks who have the day off on Monday, October 10, we have a presentation at 2:00 in the afternoon. For everybody, we’ll also do this at 6:15PM the same day, as well as subsequently on November 9 (5:30 PM), December 8 (6:00 PM), and next year on January 12 (6:00 PM). Our conference room is at Signature Offices, in Chicago at 333 S Wabash Ave #2700. The presentation is free and without obligation, but building management requires that you preregister by sending us an email To: events@hgchicago.org or phoning 312/362-9302. Be sure to provide your first and last name, email address, phone number, and which session you’d like to attend.

Introducing Progress and Poverty outlines the way the economy works, including the main causes of persistent poverty, and proposes a remedy that seems to have worked wherever it has been even partially tried. The free program is an overview of our ten-session Progress and Poverty introductory course which starts January 19 and serves as the first session of the course.

This initial session is free. If you choose to enroll in Progress and Poverty, you’ll be asked for a $25 registration fee and given course materials.

Introducing Progress and Poverty

We’ll present Introducing Progress and Poverty 1 PM Sunday August 21 2022 ( Rogers Park Public Library, 6907 N Clark St, Chicago Illinois) and 6:15 PM Thursday September 15 (333 S Wabash Ave #2700 northeast corner of Van Buren St, Chicago Illinois) as the first session of the 10-week Progress and Poverty course. Please note that the September 15 presentation has been rescheduled from an earlier date.

Introducing Progress and Poverty outlines the way the economy works, including the main causes of persistent poverty, and proposes a remedy that seems to have worked wherever it has been even partially tried. It’s also an overview of our ten-session Progress and Poverty introductory course which has much more detailed information.

This initial session is free. If you choose to enroll in Progress and Poverty, you’ll be asked for a $25 registration fee and given course materials.

If you plan to attend our Thursday September 15 session (6:15 PM at 333 S Wabash Ave #2700 northeast corner of Van Buren St, Chicago, Illinois), please note that building management REQUIRES THAT YOU SIGN UP IN ADVANCE SO THEIR SECURITY GUARD WILL HAVE YOUR NAME ON THE ADMISSION LIST. You can do that sending an email message

To: events@hgchicago.org

or calling 312 362-9302. Please provide your full name, email address, and cell phone number.

Class schedule for Fall 2022

Henry George School will be offering two class during Fall 2022.

Introductory course
Progress and Poverty
classic version
6:15 PM Thursday
September 8 till November 17

Advanced course
The Science of Political Economy
6:15 PM Tuesday
September 6 till November 15

Both classes will be held at

333 S Wabash Ave #2700
Chicago, Illinois

To enter the building, you must register. Please send an email message

To: events@hgchicago.org

with your full name and email address in it, and your cell phone number.

You may also call 312 362-9302 and provide us with your full name, email address, and cell phone number.

Celebrate Henry George Day in Evanston Illinois September 5 2022

Image of Lune Aqueduct (Lancaster, UK) from the collection of Graham Hibbert (CC BY-NC-SA )2.0

Friends of the Henry George School will gather again in Evanston Illinois to celebrate the birthday of Henry George. He was actually born September 2, 1839, but getting together on Labor Day, Monday September 5 2022, will be more convenient for most working people. Due to local solar conditions, we’ll start around 3 PM, continuing until more-or-less dark around 7 PM.

All graduates, students, prospective students, volunteers, and other supporters of the Henry George School are invited. It’d be great if you want to bring food or drink to share, but that’s not required. But please do let us know you’ll be coming. While we’ll have grillables and other edibles, water and beer, it’ll be helpful if someone volunteers to bring a bag of ice, some soft drinks, etc. Also email if you have any questions.

To: events@hgchicago.org

Business phone: 312 362-9302

Please let us know that you’ll attend.

Funding opportunity from the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation

Robert Schalkenbach Foundation is accepting applications for “original research that carries the ideas of 19th century economist and social reformer Henry George into the 21st century and beyond.” Their current areas of interest include:

The relationship between infrastructure spending and economic rents, including estimates and suitability of future economic rents as a source of funding for infrastructure spending;
Gentrification and displacement as influenced or mitigated by property taxes (effects of land value or split-rate taxation are of particular interest);
The impact of climate change on land value and government finances based on property and land value.

Maximum funding amount is $10,000 (plus you get the prestige of having received foundation funding), and the application deadline for the current round is December 17 2021. More information is on their site.