The Henry George Foundation of Great Britain Open Event 2021

Levelling up and Building Back Better in a Post-Pandemic World: Insights and solutions from the economic philosophy of Henry George

Saturday 18th September 2021 10:00am to 6:00 pm

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Programme
10.00 Welcome and Introduction
10:10

Session 1. Progress Report

“It's a beginning: The Land Value Tax in Baden-Wuerttemberg”
Dirk Loehr will take us through the successful campaign for the introduction of LVT in Germany.

Economic Rent, Inequality and Public Revenue – the Singapore Model – a (public) property state?
Andrew Purves uses the concept of the 'property state' as a framework to tell the story of Singapore's development since independence in 1965.
11.40 Break
11.55

Session 2. The Tyranny of Bad Ideas

“The Land Question and Community”
Joseph Milne will consider how the privatisation of land, the rise of modern industry, and the evolutionary ideologies of progress in the nineteenth century destroyed the self-sufficiency of communities and turned free people into wage labourers.

“George, Marx, Socialism, and Money”
David Triggs will consider how George’s view that the most important factor in the world as we know it is "that which feels, perceives, thinks and wills" might explain differences between his theories and those of Marx, who insisted that economic analysis must begin "with the analysis of a commodity".
13.25 Lunch Break
14.00

Session 3. Communicating the Message

Frank Peddle and William Peirce: A celebration of the publication of The Annotated Works of Henry George Volume IV: Protection and Free Trade
15.15 Mid-session break
15.25

Session 3. Continued

“Generating Awareness of Henry George's Principles of Cooperative Individualism”
Edward Dodson will transcend the traditional labels of 'Georgism' and the 'Single Tax' by exploring the principles of cooperative individualism.
16.10  Break
16.20 Session 4. The Future of 'Georgism'
Panel discussion with Fred Harrison, David Triggs, Conall Boyle, Gavin Kerr and Gareth Whelan
17.35 Concluding Session - Remarks, Questions and Observations

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Summer Term 2021 Study Programme

Consecutive Fridays Beginning 7th May 2021 until 23rd July 2021
Half Term: 4th June 2021
All meetings will be online (via Zoom Video Link), please see links below

AFTERNOON STUDY GROUP
Friday Afternoons: 2:30pm to 4.00pm

Reading: Progress and Poverty, (continuing from Spring Term), led by Tommas Graves.

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EVENING STUDY GROUP
Friday Evenings: 6:45pm to 8:15pm

Reading: The Science of Political Economy, (continuing from Spring Term), led by David Triggs. We are coming close to the final chapter of this work which was unfinished at the time of Henry George’s death. The subject of the chapter is money and David plans to continue examining what George said elsewhere on the subject of money as material for further study.

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Spring Term 2021 Study Programme

Consecutive Fridays Beginning 15th January 2021 until 26th March 2021
Half Term: 19th February 2021
All meetings will be online (via Zoom Video Link), please see links below

AFTERNOON STUDY GROUP
Friday Afternoons: 2:30pm to 4.00pm

Reading: Progress and Poverty, (led by Tommas Graves).

Access through this link and passcode.

 

EVENING STUDY GROUP
Friday Evenings: 6:45pm to 8:15pm

Reading: The Science of Political Economy, (led by David Triggs).

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ADMISSION FREE - voluntary donations will be welcome

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