David A. Wilson Video from Zoom Webinar David Wilson, author of the forthcoming book Towns Along the Q, will discuss the consequences of certain disastrous and discriminatory housing policies that he has become familiar with in the course of researching the topic, development of Chicago’s western suburbs along the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railway. Use …
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Creating Dollars to Fund the Green New Deal: Taxing Rentiers to Prevent Inflation
Free presentation at 6:15 pm on Wednesday March 13, 2019. Ron Baiman will speak on taxing the rentier sectors to achieve the necessary reallocation of economic resources and investment. Mr. Baiman is an economics professor at Benedictine University, When: 6:15 pm Wednesday March 13, 2019 Where: Signature Office 333 S Wabash Ave #2700 Chicago, IL …
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Progress & Poverty events and courses in January
We’ve scheduled two sections of our flagship Progress & Poverty course in January, one in the Chicago Loop and one in Evanston. These instructor-led ten-session courses are based on Henry George’s classic book, but are being revised somewhat to use concise video presentations created by Lindy Davies of the Henry George Institute. While students are …
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New and ongoing projects at the Henry George School
In addition to classes, discussions, events, and paying the rent, our volunteer staff are working on important projects to build our future and preserve our legacy. Yesterday saw Jacob Shwartz-Lucas continuing his crowdsourcing efforts to improve Henry George School imagery. In real life, Jake is a biologist. Meanwhile, Sandy Lamberger enlisted HGS Administrative Director …
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