This work was selected to coincide with the G8 meetings the subsequent weekend (which were to have been in Chicago but have been relocated). Bastiat was “indeed a lucid and superb writer, whose brilliant and witty essays and fables to this day are remarkable demolitions of protectionism and all forms of government subsidy and control,” …
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May 12 2PM Saturday: Admirable Crichton (free movie)
Kenneth More stars as William Crichton, the highly knowledgeable and efficient butler in the London household of the Earl of Loam (Cecil Parker) and his family. Though Crichton is the true master of the household, he knows his place, honouring the tightly regulated social structure of late-nineteenth century England. On a trip on the …
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April 19: Corruption of Economics/History of Capital starts tonight!
This course investigates the systematic efforts of the economics profession to marginalize the ideas of Henry George — even at the cost of changing fundamental concepts of classical economics. Taught by Bob Jene, and based on important work by Mason Gaffney. This advanced course requires prior completion of Progress & Poverty. Starts tonight, April 19, …
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John Kuchta dead at 56
We just learned today that HGS instructor John Kuchta passed away on April 7. John originally came to us as a student in the Poverty, Liberation, and Land Reform course (under its original name, Liberation Theology and Land Reform), taught by the late Sam Venturella. He subsequently took all the traditional HGS courses, then became …
April 16 Monday: What has religion to do with political economy?
We call this course Economics as if God Cared. The United States has no formal established church, yet matters of religion keep popping in political campaigns. What has the Judeo-Christian-Muslim religious tradition to do with questions of political economy? One perspective is to ask how “God” advises us to organize our economic life. According to …
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Think deeper*: Spring term classes starting this week
Three sections of Progress & Poverty start this week. For the first time in decades, we’re offering the course in Brookfield, at the British Home ( 8700 W. 31st Street). Wednesday afternoon classes start at 2:00, comprising six sessions, April 11 thru May 16. This is the modern version of the course, using the “abridged …
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April 12, Thursday, 6 PM: High Cost of Government Revenue
Take a break from preparing “your” income tax returns to attend this Power Point® presentation looking at the real cost of collecting the income tax. IRS overhead itself represents the direct cost to the government of generating this revenue. Beside that there is the burden put on the taxpayer in filling out his return, the …
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Sat April 14, Movie: Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding about a group of British boys stuck on a deserted island who try to govern themselves, with disastrous results. Its stances on the already-controversial subjects of human nature and individual welfare versus the common good earned it position 68 on the American …
April 10 Tuesday 6 PM: How I made $1,000,000 in Chicago real estate: I $tole it from you
Successful land speculation is really a matter of capturing for yourself the gains that belong to the community. George Menninger is one of many who have done it. Far beyond any need to earn a living, George now spends some of his time explaining how the bad public policy he exploited not only made him …
March 31, Saturday, 1 PM: Invisible Robbery Tour
Right on the streets of every American community, robbery takes place every day. How can local, state, and national governments claim they need to tax our labor, when there is so much real value that the community creates but fails to collect? On this walk through central Chicago, we’ll see some of this value, understand …
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