Introducing Progress and Poverty

Introducing Progress & Poverty

In less than two hours, you’ll gain new insight into the causes of low  wages, worsening inequality, and economic stagnation, and examine a proposal that could create genu­ine opportunity for everyone willing to work.

After an overview of Henry George’s early life and work, you’ll consider why most current policies and proposals not only fail to solve problems of poverty and inequality, but often worsen them. You’ll then consider Henry George’s straight­for­ward method for raising wages while lowering the actual cost of living, focusing on how it can apply today, even solving some 21st-century problems.

While Introducing Progress & Poverty is complete in itself, it’s also the first session of our Progress & Poverty course, which starts September 6 at our loop location, 333 S. Wabash.