This free “Big Tent Urbanist Event” is presented by the Progress & Poverty Institute, along with Strong Towns Chicago, Congress for the New Urbanism, Abundant Housing Illinois, and the Chicago Growth Project. Thursday April 30, 5:45 to 8 PM. It’s near North and Clybourn. More information is here.
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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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Two new books update Georgist teaching and practice
2018 has brought us two new Georgist books, one being a repackaging and update of the traditional Henry George School courses, and the other a guide to implementing Georgist ideas to benefit people in today’s world. Understanding Economics: To Fix What’s Wrong (published by the Henry George Institute) is the newest evolution of the material …
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Free hardcopy of Progress & Poverty
Henry George’s masterwork Progress & Poverty has long been available free on-line, as text or audiobook, also in most public libraries. The “Resources” tab above will take you to various editions. Also, everyone who registers for our Progress & Poverty course is given a copy. Now, for what we suppose is a limited time, a …