Conference videos, new books, and more! |
Presentation videos of many of the Council of Georgist Organization's 2016 Conference in Orlando,
Florida are now available online. The conference examined and celebrated the role of land trusts and intentional communities in the movement for
economic justice and prosperity. Watch the videos here. |
This past July, Earth Sharing organized an event in
Oakland, California entitled: BIL
Oakland 2016: The Recession Generation,
a project of Robert Schalkenbach Foundation. The aim was to help millennials navigate the uncertainties of economic life in the aftermath of the
financial crisis. One of the speakers at the event was Kim-Mai Cutler, a technology reporter and columnist for TechCrunch,
best known for her work on the intersection of technology and culture in the Bay Area. Cutler has worked for Bloomberg, VentureBeat,
and the Wall Street Journal. In her talk, she discusses the insights of history on the Bay Area housing crisis. From local governance issues
to land value taxation, Cutler gives an in-depth analysis of what's needed to fix the crisis. Prior to the event, Cutler wrote this article
about Georgism in the Bay Area. Click
here to view Cutler's speech. |
In this article, David S. D'Amato is critical of Edward O’Donnell’s Henry
George and the Crisis of Inequality, (available for purchase from Robert Schalkenbach Foundation) claiming it characterizes George
as merely a Socialist or a Progressive. D'Amato claims that George's ideas were more aligned with supporters of free markets. However, D'Amato is making a similar mistake. He states: "And whereas O’Donnell is clearly repulsed by
the libertarian Spencer (or at least the popular caricature of him), George, for a time, “regarded Spencer as a formidable ally in his crusade
to abolish private land tenure” (see David Weinstein’s Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on Spencer). George even cites Spencer
favorably in Progress and Poverty’s acknowledgment of the theoretical desirability of “the abolition of government,” which he calls
“the promised land of Herbert Spencer.” With "for a time," D'Amato oversimplifies George too. In fact,
George wrote a scathing attack on Spencer called A Perplexed Philosopher after Spencer changed his views on land. A Perplexed Philosopher is also available for purchase from Robert
Schalkenbach Foundation.
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Dennis Kucinich and fellow Georgist Nicholas Tideman will be speaking at the upcoming
12th Annual Monetary Reform Conference. The conference is at the University Center in downtown Chicago, September 29th to October 2nd.
Remember there are no at-the-door registrations. Sign up now online at
www.monetary.org/2016-ami-monetary-reform-conference. |
New Books!
Buy both books before October 1st, and receive 20%
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Robert Schalkenbach Foundation recently releasted two exciting books: Rent
Unmasked and the The Annotated Works of Henry George: Volume One. They are both available for
purchase on the Schalkenbach website (links below). |
“Rent Unmasked” honors Mason Gaffney for the quality of his lifetime’s work and dramatizes the way his economic
insights would resolve contemporary economic and political concerns. The book includes fifteen new essays on How to Save
the Global Economy and Build a Sustainable Future as A Tribute to Mason Gaffney. |
The six-volume edition of the works of Henry George assembles all his major works for
the first time with new introductions, critical annotations, extensive bibliographical material, and comprehensive indexing to provide a wealth of
resources for scholars and reformers.
“Volume 1” presents three major works by George and new essays to
provide context: Our Land and Land Policy (1871), The Irish Land Question (1881) and Property in Land (1885). |
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