!!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 …
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Celebrate Henry George Day — September 2 in Evanston
Save the date. Details to come. here. Meanwhile, here’s a reminder about the importance of labor. (and about inflation). Also to come, our fall term schedule. Watch this space. Here.
Summer Term 2024 Schedule
!!Please note location and access details at the bottom of this post!! Introducing Progress and Poverty Repeats three times this term Thursday, May 30, 5:30 – 7:30PM Thursday June 6, 5:30 – 7:30 PM* Thursday June 13, 5:30 – 7:30 PM In his 1879 masterpiece Progress & Poverty, Henry George proposed to end poverty by recognizing …
Winter Term Schedule
!!Please note location and access details at the bottom of this post!! Introducing Progress and Poverty Tuesday, January 16, 5:30 – 7:30PM In his 1879 masterpiece Progress & Poverty, Henry George proposed to end poverty by recognizing a clear and logical distinction between private property and community property. America took a different path, but Chuck …
Land and Labor Acknowledgments
Land Acknowledgment We recognize that this land was occupied by other folks before us. Some of them may have practiced more just systems of land tenure. Because no human created land, all land titles are necessarily the result of conquest, force, and fraud. We assert that land belongs in usufruct to the living. And that …
Robert F Jene (1933-2023)
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 …
Help us celebrate Henry George Day September 4 in Evanston
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. …
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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, …
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Celebrate Henry George Day in Evanston Illinois September 5 2022
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, …
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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 …
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