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  • Macroeconomic Implications of Georgist Theories
    Session 10
    6:30 pm-8:00 pm
    2023.04.03
    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 Brief History of Credit – From William Petty to Richard Cantillon
    Session 1
    6:30 pm-8:00 pm
    2023.04.05
    149 East 38th Street, New York, NY 10016

    A BRIEF HISTORY OF CREDIT – FROM WILLIAM PETTY TO RICHARD CANTILLON

    This course will explore the history credit, defined as the introduction of time into value. The course will proceed chronologically from the time of William Petty, John Law and Richard Cantillon in the late seventeen and early eighteen century through three thematic sessions.

    • From sovereign wealth to trade credit
    • From commerce to sovereign credit
    • From central banking to populist money

    The instructor, Walter E. Perry holds a BA and PhD in the traditional curriculum of Ancient Greek. He has done extensive work on analyzing the US money supply during the great inflation of 1978 – 1982, bond indentures, insurance contract and derivative instruments of all sorts. Dr. Perry is the founder of Fiduciary Automation, an IT company that instantiate regulations as executable code which could be run against proposed financial instruments or strategies to render determinative opinions as to their compliance and to illuminate ambiguities.

    Dates: Wednesdays: 4/05, 4/12, 4/19; from 6:30PM to 8:00PM ET

    Location: Online via Zoom

    Note: This is an online event. Access information for Zoom will be made available via email the day of each session.

    REGISTER NOW

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  • Macroeconomic Implications of Georgist Theories
    Session 11
    6:30 pm-8:00 pm
    2023.04.10
    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.

    REGISTER NOW

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  • A Brief History of Credit – From William Petty to Richard Cantillon
    Session 2
    6:30 pm-8:00 pm
    2023.04.12
    149 East 38th Street, New York, NY 10016

    A BRIEF HISTORY OF CREDIT – FROM WILLIAM PETTY TO RICHARD CANTILLON

    This course will explore the history credit, defined as the introduction of time into value. The course will proceed chronologically from the time of William Petty, John Law and Richard Cantillon in the late seventeen and early eighteen century through three thematic sessions.

    • From sovereign wealth to trade credit
    • From commerce to sovereign credit
    • From central banking to populist money

    The instructor, Walter E. Perry holds a BA and PhD in the traditional curriculum of Ancient Greek. He has done extensive work on analyzing the US money supply during the great inflation of 1978 – 1982, bond indentures, insurance contract and derivative instruments of all sorts. Dr. Perry is the founder of Fiduciary Automation, an IT company that instantiate regulations as executable code which could be run against proposed financial instruments or strategies to render determinative opinions as to their compliance and to illuminate ambiguities.

    Dates: Wednesdays: 4/05, 4/12, 4/19; from 6:30PM to 8:00PM ET

    Location: Online via Zoom

    Note: This is an online event. Access information for Zoom will be made available via email the day of each session.

    REGISTER NOW

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  • Monopoly! The Real Story Behind America’s Most Popular Game
    Webinar
    6:30 pm-7:30 pm
    2023.04.13
    149 East 38th Street, New York, NY 10016

    MONOPOLY! THE REAL STORY BEHIND AMERICA’S MOST POPULAR GAME


    In this webinar, Mary Pilon, author of The Monopolists reveals the unknown story of how the famed game, Monopoly came into existence, the reinvention of its history by Parker Brothers and multiple media outlets, the lost female originator of the game, and one man’s lifelong obsession to tell the true story about the game’s questionable origins.

    This interactive talk will dive into the gripping social history of corporate greed that illuminates the cutthroat nature of American business over the last century, and draw some interesting parallels with new developments in today’s market place.

    The presentation will be followed by a community Q&A.

    Date: Thursday, April 13, 2023

    Time: 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM ET

    Location: ONLINE via Zoom

    Note: The Zoom link will be sent the day of the event via email.

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  • A Brief History of Credit – From William Petty to Richard Cantillon
    Session 3
    6:30 pm-8:00 pm
    2023.04.19
    149 East 38th Street, New York, NY 10016

    A BRIEF HISTORY OF CREDIT – FROM WILLIAM PETTY TO RICHARD CANTILLON

    This course will explore the history credit, defined as the introduction of time into value. The course will proceed chronologically from the time of William Petty, John Law and Richard Cantillon in the late seventeen and early eighteen century through three thematic sessions.

    • From sovereign wealth to trade credit
    • From commerce to sovereign credit
    • From central banking to populist money

    The instructor, Walter E. Perry holds a BA and PhD in the traditional curriculum of Ancient Greek. He has done extensive work on analyzing the US money supply during the great inflation of 1978 – 1982, bond indentures, insurance contract and derivative instruments of all sorts. Dr. Perry is the founder of Fiduciary Automation, an IT company that instantiate regulations as executable code which could be run against proposed financial instruments or strategies to render determinative opinions as to their compliance and to illuminate ambiguities.

    Dates: Wednesdays: 4/05, 4/12, 4/19; from 6:30PM to 8:00PM ET

    Location: Online via Zoom

    Note: This is an online event. Access information for Zoom will be made available via email the day of each session.

    REGISTER NOW

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  • Rethinking Economics
    Session 1
    6:30 pm-8:00 pm
    2023.04.26
    149 East 38th Street, New York, NY 10016

    RETHINKING ECONOMICS

    Does economics need a rethink?

    Our national debate isn’t on a pathway to solutions. It’s on a pendulum… back and forth: Do we have more government or less government? More of social services or less of social services? Raise taxes or lower taxes? These arguments don’t end. Why does economics need a rethink? Because we’re having the wrong arguments.

    This class will ask, could better ideas about what passes for economic fundamentals make capitalism more fair in its outcomes and less needy of government intervention? Is it actually possible to retire some of our political debates?

    The instructor, Stephen Taft, has worked for decades on Wall Street managing others peoples’ money. Over that time, he delved into economic studies to help him cut through the chatter that drives many investment choices. What he found there is a misbegotten justice. He is eager to share his findings.

    Instructor: Stephen Taft
    Dates: Wednesdays: 4/26, 5/03, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24
    Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00PM ET

    REGISTER NOW

    Note: This is an online event. Access information for Zoom will be made available the day of each session.

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