Upon returning from our North American conference around July 12, we’ll be staying inside for classes and a movie during the rest of this month. Progress & Poverty, which is open to everyone interested, begins afternoon classes Wednesday, July 16. If you’ve already completed this course (with us or elsewhere), you can choose advanced courses …
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Since earliest civilizations, humans have recognized that food is a product of farmland (and, yes, pastureland, fisheries, etc) and have managed to cultivate enough land to feed themselves. Yet today we routinely convert farmland to urban use. American Farmland Trust (AFT) seek to ensure continued agricultural use of some land by buying development rights from …
Here’s a chance to explore where the economy is going with experienced Georgist investor and analyst Bob Jene. He’ll explain HELOC’s, ZIRP, QE and other exotic financial instruments and strategies, evaluate their effects on the economy and in particular on inflation. Discuss some forecasts, too. By the end of 2014 you may thank Bob for …
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The Political Economy Book Club discusses Parts 1 & 2 of “Social Statics” by Herbert Spencer (1851 edition). Economist Murray Rothbard called Social Statics “the greatest single work of libertarian political philosophy ever written.” Spencer argued that the state was not an “essential” institution and that it would “decay” as voluntary market organization would replace …
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Why worry about NSA surveillance when so many of us enthusiastically support systems of taxation that require massive invasion of privacy? What kind of public revenue system would we urge if we really wanted to keep the government out of our affairs? What kind of public benefit (“welfare”) system would we have? How would we …
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The Political Economy Book Club concludes its discussion of this remarkable work by Henry George, Jr. The November 20 session focuses on the third part, “Propagation of the Philosophy.” The book is in many libraries and is inexpensively available from various sources, or you can read it here. This meeting will be at 6PM on …
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Originating as a field trip for “Progress & Poverty” students, our Invisible Robbery Tour is now open to all. See how the community and its infrastructure produce value. See who collects this value, and how it affects us all. We’ll stroll about two kilometers, in about an hour and a half. You’ll get detailed, sourced, …
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Bob Jene compares the geoist fiscal reform to the TARP bailout, “Fair” Tax, Flat Tax, Bush tax cuts, and government money creation. Each proposed or attempted solution to the great recession will be given. Attendees will rank the proposed measures to get out of the recession on a scale of 1 to 10 based on …
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The Political Economy Book Club continues its discussion of this remarkable work by Henry George, Jr. The Oct 23 session focuses on the second part, “Formulation of the Philosophy.” The book is in many libraries and is inexpensively available from various sources, or you can read it here. This meeting will be at 6PM on …
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Leading up the the 2013 Monetary Reform Conference, Bob Jene will examine the American Monetary Institute‘s proposed Monetary Reform Act. This amendment to the U S Constitution will be compared to Henry George’s ideas on money. Steve Zarlenga‘s analysis of Henry George’s ideas, showing George was an important monetary reformer, will also be discussed. (Zarlenga is …
