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Our popular and free Introducing Progress & Poverty session will be presented on three Tuesdays this month, August 12, 19th and 26th. Any session will provide an overview of the main concepts in the Progress & Poverty book, in which Henry George identifies the principal reasons why poverty persists even as technical progress massively increases our capability to meet human needs. Of course the specifics are different– progress in George’s time was the railroad, steam, and electricity, whereas today it’s the internet, mobile phones, and artificial intelligence. But the fundamental causes are not different.
Introducing Progress & Poverty will help you understand why it is so difficult for ordinary people, willing and able to work, to make a decent living, and will present for your consideration Henry George’s proposal for solving the problem.
Each session starts at 5:30PM, at our Signature Office space, 333 S Wabash #2700. Both sessions are free, but building management requires that everyone be registered and present ID. You can register by emailing us . (If the ID requirement is a problem for you, email us to discuss other options.)
The August 12 and 26 presentations will be by HGS instructor Chuck Metalitz. Instructor George Menninger will present on August 19, drawing on his real-world experience applying some of the economic principles we teach.
For a more complete understanding of basic economic principles, enroll in our full Progress & Poverty course, which will begin September 9, continuing on Tuesdays thru November 4. You can register for it at any of the three introductory sessions.