Henry George School of Social Science Calendar

Through an intense and thorough analysis of George’s seminal work, Progress & Poverty, this course will take aim at the fundamental problem of wealth distribution and show that the only viable alternative to “bad capitalism” is not socialism but “true capitalism”; where socially created wealth is put to the service of the community rather than privatized. The course will lay out George’s simple but radical remedy, so that we may avoid the insanity of trying the same solutions and expect different results.

Instructor: Marty Rowland,  Steve Sklar, Allen Smith, Steve Taft
Location: 149 East 38^th Street, New York, NY 10016
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Dates:  9/19, 9/26, 10/10, 10/24, 10/31, 11/14

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the theories and doctrines that constitute the main paradigms from which economists and policy makers approach the world. The course will cover the contribution of classical economists such as Adam Smith and his contemporaries which is today the theoretical reference point from which other theories have come to define themselves, either by opposing it (Marxian economics), by attempting to reform it (Georgism) or by re-adapting it (Neoclassical school).

Instructor: Ron Rubin
Location: 149 East 38^th Street, New York, NY 10016
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Dates: Thursdays: 8/30, 9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 9/27
Main Text: R. Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers