Events

Dec
1
Thu
Introducing Progress & Poverty @ Overflow Coffee Bar
Dec 1 @ 6:15 pm – 8:15 pm

In the 19th Century, 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 George’s proposal remains valid and would still provide widespread prosperity. Chuck Metalitz explains.

Attendees at this free event will have the opportunity to sign up for the Progress & Poverty course which examines these ideas in much greater detail.

Apr
11
Tue
Introducing Progress & Poverty @ Overflow Coffee Bar
Apr 11 @ 6:15 pm – 8:15 pm

In the 19th Century, 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 George’s proposal remains valid and would still provide widespread prosperity. Chuck Metalitz explains.

Attendees at this free event will have the opportunity to sign up for the Progress & Poverty course which examines these ideas in much greater detail.

Jul
27
Thu
Bridging the Right-Left Divide: 37th Conference of the Council of Georgist Organizations @ Hilton Garden Inn
Jul 27 @ 7:30 pm – Jul 31 @ 10:30 am
Apr
1
Mon
Income Tax Appreciation Day @ TBA
Apr 1 all-day
detail from Alan O’Rourke’s Too Busy To Improve (CC BY 2.0)

Join us in celebrating Income Tax Appreciation Day. This page will be updated with specifics of our celebration as we figure out how best to do it.

Jun
25
Tue
Political Economy Book Club reads Jack London’s The Iron Heel @ Bridgeport Coffeehouse (Loop location)
Jun 25 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Bob Matter’s Political Economy Book Club is reading Jack London’s dystopian novel The Iron Heel On June 25 we’ll discuss chapters 1-13, and on July 23 chapters 14-25.  This 1908 text is available free from Project Gutenberg, in hardcopy from some public libraries, or as an audiobook.  You can buy used hardcopies for < $10 from several vendors.

We’ll meet at the East Loop location of Bridgeport Coffeehouse, 73 E Jackson Blvd.

Jul
23
Tue
Political Economy Book Club finishes Jack London’s “The Iron Heel” @ Bridgeport Coffee (Loop location)
Jul 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Bob Matter’s Political Economy Book Club concludes its discussion of Jack London’s dystopian novel The Iron Heel On July 23 we treat chapters 14-25.

We’ll meet at the east loop location of Bridgeport Coffee, 73 E Jackson.