Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar? How to end the US fiscal impasse?
Seminar

IS IT LAWFUL TO PAY TAXES TO CAESAR? HOW TO END THE US FISCAL IMPASSE?


In his two most recent HGSSS talks, Dr. Perry described current Federal Reserve policies as unprecedented but apparently required by competing political dynamics which make it impossible for Congress either to raise taxes or to cut spending. This latest talk presents a deep analysis of the theories, the history, and the politics of Federal taxation and spending, and offers specifics for the implementation of a Georgist alternative to resolve the current fiscal impasse.

The instructor, Dr. W. E. Perry, has long been engaged in developing the tools of semantic analysis to help better understand determinism, causality, and the emergence of new properties from a variety of data sources.

Instructor: Dr. W. E. Perry

Date: Wed, April 24, 2024
Time: 6:30 PM — 8:00 PM ET

Note: This is an online event. After registration, the Zoom link, along with the Meeting ID and Passcode, will be provided via email the day of the session.

Residential Property and Local Economic Development in a Rust Belt City
Seminar

RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN A RUST BELT CITY


This talk will explore the dynamics of residential housing in Pittsburgh and will focus on the development of affordable units and the challenge of vacant properties faced by a City that has dealt with heavy industrial decline. Through the lens of Henry George, split rate tax policy, gentrification, and abandoned properties are discussed with the intent of better understanding how the history of the City and its housing policies impact current residents.

Matthew Colantonio is a graduate of the Peter J. Tobin College of Business with a BS in Business. After graduation, he worked as an AmeriCorps Volunteer in local economic development in his hometown of Pittsburgh. He then earned a MS in Applied Economics from Boston College. Matthew currently works as a Statistician for the Pennsylvania Department of Health in the Bureau of Informatics and Information Technology.

Date: Thursday, April 11, 2024

Time: 6:30 PM — 7:30 PM ET

Location: ONLINE via Zoom

Note: This is an online event. After registration, the Zoom link, along with the Meeting ID and Passcode, will be provided via email the day of the session.

Full Access or Full Employment: The Macroeconomics of UBI
Seminar

FULL ACCESS OR FULL EMPLOYMENT: THE MACROECONOMICS OF UBI


Universal Basic Income (otherwise known as basic income, or UBI) is a regular cash payout delivered to all on an unconditional basis, without means-test or work requirement. In popular discourse, UBI is often framed as a supplement or alternative to existing social safety net programs. This talk will present a different perspective, and explore the potential of UBI as an alternative form of macroeconomic policy: a different way of managing aggregate spending, the money supply, and overall financial conditions.

The speaker, Derek Van Gorder is an independent scholar and co-founder of the Greshm Institute, a non-profit organization devoted to promoting serious discussion on the economics of Universal Basic Income. He is currently writing a series of essays on the mechanics of UBI policy. Recorded discussions and debates with Derek relating to economics can be found on his YouTube channel.

Instructor: Derek Van Gorder

Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Time: 6:30 PM — 7:30 PM ET

Location: ONLINE via Zoom

Note: This is an online event. After registration, the Zoom link, along with the Meeting ID and Passcode, will be provided via email the day of the session.

The Fed’s Other Mandate: Facilitating and Regulating Wage Slavery
Seminar

THE FED’S OTHER MANDATE: FACILITATING AND REGULATING WAGE SLAVERY


This talk continues our analysis of macroeconomics begun in January with our lecture “The Fed Has Lost Control of the Money Supply.” Just as the previous talk explored emergent properties in the Fed’s management of the money supply which were evident to a Semantic Analyst but were not otherwise perceived by conventional macroeconomics, this talk will focus on similar emergent properties of the Fed’s efforts to control unemployment.

The instructor, Dr. W. E. Perry, has long been engaged in developing the tools of semantic analysis to help better understand determinism, causality, and the emergence of new properties from a variety of data sources.

Instructor: Dr. W. E. Perry

Date: Tue, March 5, 2024
Time: 6:30 PM — 8:00 PM ET

Note: This is an online event. After registration, the Zoom link, along with the Meeting ID and Passcode, will be provided via email the day of the session.

Henry George and the Money Question
Seminar

HENRY GEORGE AND THE MONEY QUESTION


There’s a widely held belief that George’s views on money were not well developed, that he waited until his last book to really delve into that topic, and left it, sadly, unfinished. However, monetary scholar Stephen Zarlenga contends that by 1884, George already had a very advanced understanding of how money works and that it is still relevant today. In this webinar, Dr. Marty Rowland will summarize Zarlenga’s findings on money, demonstrating that George spoke often about money, even in earlier books, including Social Problems, Protection and Free Trade, and in his newspaper, The Standard.

Instructor: Dr. Marty Rowland

Date: Mon, February 19, 2024
Time: 6:30 PM — 7:30 PM ET

Note: This is an online event. After registration, the Zoom link, along with the Meeting ID and Passcode, will be provided via email the day of the session.