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  • Reality Economics – Part 2
    Session 5
    6:30 pm-8:00 pm
    2023.01.11
    149 East 38th Street, New York, NY 10016

    REALITY ECONOMICS – PART 2

    Join us as we continue to expose some of the most conspicuous blind spots of mainstream economic analysis.

    In Part 2 of Reality Economics, we will cover some key concepts that are missing in mainstream economic analysis. Fundamentally, the role played by land, the importance of the law of rent, the role of credit and financial instruments and the crucial impact of taxation methods will be presented and discussed.

    Required reading : Brian Hodgkinson – A New Model of the Economy (Chapters 8, 10, 11, 12, 13)

    The instructor, Dr. Marty Rowland is an environmental engineer with New York City’s Parks Department. Dr. Rowland is a faculty member as well trustee at the Henry George School. He has published extensively on Georgist Economics and taught many courses at the School.

    Dates: Wednesdays: 11/09, 11/16, 11/30, 12/07, 1/11; from 6:30PM to 8:00PM ET

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    Location: Online via Zoom

    Note: Access information for Zoom will be made available after registration.

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  • Macroeconomic Implications of Georgist Theories
    Session 1
    6:30 pm-8:00 pm
    2023.01.23
    149 East 38th Street, New York, NY 10016

    MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF GEORGIST THEORIES

    Most people think “economics” is measured by national statistics: GDP, unemployment, inflation, federal taxes, balance of payments, and other aggregate issues. Georgists tend to think in microeconomic terms: price-quantity relationships, including the effects of taxes on those prices and in terms of local issues.

    While both approaches are relevant, the Georgist approach is overshadowed because microeconomic issues are rarely discussed public spaces such as newspapers and online. To increase public receptivity to Georgist philosophy, we need a macroeconomic message.  This course is an attempt to present one.

    Instructor:  Cliff Cobb was the editor of the American Journal of Economics and Sociology from 2014 through 2022.  He is best known  as the developer of the Genuine Progress Indicator, published by the San Francisco organization, Redefining Progress.

    Dates: Mondays – 1/23, 1/30, 2/06, 2/13, 2/27, 3/06, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 4/03, 4/10

    Location: Online via Zoom

    Note: This is an online event. Access information will be made available after registration.

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  • A Theory of Economic Justice – Part 2
    Session 1
    6:30 pm-8:00 pm
    2023.01.25
    149 East 38th Street, New York, NY 10016

    A THEORY OF ECONOMIC JUSTICE

    What does prosperity have to do with economic justice? Join us to explore the connections.

    When natural opportunities become scarce, a rule for allocating them becomes necessary. After considering alternatives, the course develops the case for an equal division of the rent from natural opportunities, then examines the issue of how rent would be assessed. Rent is then divided into portions generated by nature, by infrastructure and by nearby private development, with a different allocation for each.

    The framework of justice for natural opportunities is shown to have a natural counterpart in a theory of a just monetary system. Adding an international dimension, the course deals with payments among nations to compensate for inequalities in per capita natural opportunities, with a global system for managing climate-warming activities, with secession, and with refugees. Finally, the course addresses the question of how the conception of justice advanced by the course might be achieved.

    The instructor, Nicolaus Tideman is a Professor of Economics at Virginia Tech.  He received his bachelor’s degree from Reed College in 1965 and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1969.  From 1969 to 1973 he was Assistant Professor of Economics at Harvard University.  In 1970-71 he served as Senior Staff Economist at the President’s Council of Economic Advisors.  He has also served as a consultant at the Bureau of the Budget (predecessor to the Office of Management and Budget) and at the Office of Tax Analysis in the Department of the Treasury.  He has been at Virginia Tech since 1973, as a post-doctoral fellow, Associate Professor, and Professor since 1985.  He has published over 100 professional articles and the book, Collective Decisions and Voting: The Potential for Public Choice.

    Dates: Part 2 – Wednesdays: 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 3/1, 3/8, 3/15; from 6:30PM to 8:00PM ET

    Note: This is an online event. Access information will be made available after registration.

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  • Macroeconomic Implications of Georgist Theories
    Session 2
    6:30 pm-8:00 pm
    2023.01.30
    149 East 38th Street, New York, NY 10016

    MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF GEORGIST THEORIES

    Most people think “economics” is measured by national statistics: GDP, unemployment, inflation, federal taxes, balance of payments, and other aggregate issues. Georgists tend to think in microeconomic terms: price-quantity relationships, including the effects of taxes on those prices and in terms of local issues.

    While both approaches are relevant, the Georgist approach is overshadowed because microeconomic issues are rarely discussed public spaces such as newspapers and online. To increase public receptivity to Georgist philosophy, we need a macroeconomic message.  This course is an attempt to present one.

    Instructor:  Cliff Cobb was the editor of the American Journal of Economics and Sociology from 2014 through 2022.  He is best known  as the developer of the Genuine Progress Indicator, published by the San Francisco organization, Redefining Progress.

    Dates: Mondays – 1/23, 1/30, 2/06, 2/13, 2/27, 3/06, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 4/03, 4/10

    Location: Online via Zoom

    Note: This is an online event. Access information will be made available after registration.

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