We’re fortunate that Henry George’s ideas, and proposals based on them, are propagating. The two-rate tax, long seen only in a few Pennsylvania places, is getting serious consideration in several other states. The Progress & Poverty Institute, along with the Center for the Study of Economics, have built useful tools for explaining the benefits of …
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Tax & the City
This free “Big Tent Urbanist Event” is presented by the Progress & Poverty Institute, along with Strong Towns Chicago, Congress for the New Urbanism, Abundant Housing Illinois, and the Chicago Growth Project. Thursday April 30, 5:45 to 8 PM. It’s near North and Clybourn. More information is here.
“It helps you see your chains.”
That was one student’s comment regarding our Progress & Poverty course. While the complete course requires several sessions and some reading, we outline most of the key ideas in our one-session “Introducing Progress & Poverty.” You will learn a groundbreaking theory explaining why poverty persists, see how it applies today much as it did when …
(And is artificial intelligence going to unemploy all of us?) Introducing Progress & Poverty
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 …
Join us for Henry George Day — September 1
It’s a picnic. In Evanston. September 1. You’re invited. Details here.
(And what’s this mess with tariffs?): Introducing Progress and Poverty
Our popular Introducing Progress & Poverty session will be presented on two Tuesdays this month, May 13 and May 20. Either 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 …
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March introductory sessions, classes
The popular “Introducing Progress & Poverty” session will be presented on two Tuesdays this month, March 18 and March 25. Either 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 …
Starting 2025 at the Henry George School
If you’re concerned about problems of poverty, lack of opportunity, and declining quality of life in Chicago and America, and hoping for a better future, you should attend our Introducing Progress & Poverty session on Tuesday, January 14, 5:30PM. Perhaps you already knew that these problems aren’t unique to our time, but were recognized in …
September 19 session focuses on housing
Another session of Introducing Progress & Poverty has been added to our schedule, with a focus on housing. We’ll start with a brief talk by Urban Environmentalists Illinois. Part of the YIMBY movement, they are are people working towards a future of cities and towns with abundant housing, work and play only a short bike or …
Fall 2024 class schedule
!!Please note location and access details at the bottom of this post!! Introducing Progress and Poverty Repeats three times this term Thursday, September 5, 5:30 – 7:30 PM Tuesday, September 10, 5:30 – 7:30 PM* Thursday September 12, 5:30 – 7:30 PM In his 1879 masterpiece Progress and Poverty, Henry George proposed to end poverty by …