Progress & Poverty Tuesday March 19 in Evanston

We’ll present Introducing Progress & Poverty at the Levy Center in Evanston, 6 PM on Tuesday, March 19.  The session is complete in itself, but it also comprises the first class of the Progress & Poverty course for those interested in a more complete exploration. Details in the links. When: 6 PM Tuesday, March 19, …

Still not broke, still introducing Progress & Poverty

We’ve done a number of presentations under the names Introducing Progress & Poverty and Illinois is not Broke during the past year or so.  Each one is updated to reflect current conditions as well as the expected interests of the likely audience. Our March schedule includes three of each, a total of six presentations, at …

Read Democracy in America– and more videos at the Henry George School

Political Economy Book Club convenor Bob Matter reminds us to start reading Democracy in America volume 1, in order to participate in the PEBC discussion Tuesday, March 29, 6 to 8 PM. Or, if you don’t care to read it, you can listen to a free audiobook version. Democracy in America is arguably a great …

Our new logo — and summer term

After years of false starts, we’ve got a new logo It states who we are and represents where we operate. It indicates how long we have been around (actually our 1934 incarnation was as a branch of the New York school; we incorporated independently in 1970.)  It is already on our new printed schedule, and …

Finally! College credit for Henry George School courses!

Many of our students remark that, even though they may have college degrees in economics or other social sciences, they learned important things with us that should have been, but never were discussed in their regular college classes.  Occasionally we’ve even had a student manage, with the help of a thoughtful college instructor, to get …