Chicago Tribune used the fact that John Oliver did a segment on housing discrimination the July 25 2021 episode of Last Week Tonight on HBO as a hook to get people to read their own coverage of inequity in housing and property tax assessment. The effects of disinvestment in Chicago’s Black and Latino communities Research …
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David A. Wilson Video from Zoom Webinar David Wilson, author of the forthcoming book Towns Along the Q, will discuss the consequences of certain disastrous and discriminatory housing policies that he has become familiar with in the course of researching the topic, development of Chicago’s western suburbs along the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railway. Use …
Video from Zoom Webinar Illinois has some of the nation’s top pension debt and decades of irresponsible budget-making. Another session of the General Assembly has come to a close. Were legislators able or willing to make progress in finally addressing these decades-old long-standing issues, or were they once again swept under the rug and put …
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Free presentation at 6:15 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2019 Michael Belsky, executive director Center for Municipal Finance at Harris School University of Chicago, will discuss ongoing research into the state and local pension crisis in Illinois. When: 6:15 pm Thursday April 11, 2019 Where: Signature Office 333 S Wabash Ave #2700 Chicago, IL 60604 …
Free presentation at 6:15 pm on Wednesday March 13, 2019. Ron Baiman will speak on taxing the rentier sectors to achieve the necessary reallocation of economic resources and investment. Mr. Baiman is an economics professor at Benedictine University, When: 6:15 pm Wednesday March 13, 2019 Where: Signature Office 333 S Wabash Ave #2700 Chicago, IL …
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Adam Schuster will present “Diagnosing Illinois’ Fiscal Sickness and Prescribing a Cure” to the Henry George School. He is working on a 5-year fiscal plan to save the state and pay off its debt. This is a free presentation. 6:15 pm to 8:15 pm Thursday, January 17, 2019 Signature Office 333 S Wabash Ave #2700 …
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Effective November 24, 2018, the phone number of the Henry George School shall be 312 362-9302. If the phone number sounds familiar, it was the School’s business number when we were at 417 S Dearborn and 28 E Jackson. At 30 E Adams, the School used a phone number prepaid for five years that was …
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Paid one hour focus group 6:15 pm 2/15/2018 to listen to and comment on presentation of the economic philosophy of Henry George When: 6:15 pm, Thursday, February 15, 2018 Where: Signature Office, 333 S Wabash Ave Ste 2700, Chicago, IL 60604 Instructor: George Menninger You can learn fundamental economic principles in an hour. The Henry …
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George Menninger will teach One Hour Henry George to college students in a paid focus group. We’ll be at Overflow Coffee Bar, 1550 S State St, on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at 6:15 pm. For more information, see Earn $25 in one hour to learn economic principles
