Rentier Capitalism
Using Brett Christopher’s Rentier Capitalism as reference, this course explores the inordinate power and wealth of large corporations to monopolize and monopsonize markets in order to maximize and extract economic rent.
Though the course material focuses on rentierism in the UK … still reeling from Thatcherite privatizations of state-owned enterprises in the 80s to present day, common to all this is the giveaway and privatization of billions of dollars-worth of economic rent prevalent in Western economies today. The course underscores the importance that George gave to the control of monopolies, beyond simple land value taxation.
Recommended text available at https://www.amazon.com/Rentier-Capitalism-Owns-Economy-Pays/dp/1788739728
Materials to review before the course begins:
Instructor: Dr. Marty Rowland
Dates: Part 1: Wednesdays – 9/03, 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/01; Part 2: Wednesdays – 10/08, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29
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 each session.
