Housing Crisis

The Housing Crisis and the Common Good

A talk by Dr Joseph Milne Monday

19th March 2018

Registration 6:40pm for Lecture at 7:00pm

Free Entry and Everyone is Welcome

Booking Required: eventbrite

This talk will explore the reasons why a wealthy nation like the UK fails to meet the housing needs of its citizens. It will demonstrate how the current housing market distorts the proper functioning of a free economy and is the root cause of the increasing gap between rich and poor. It will show how the commodification of land turns the competitive market into a monopoly over the citizen’s natural right to a home. Finally, it will argue that there are natural economic laws which, if understood and applied, would remedy the housing crisis and assure that the economy could function freely and for the common good. If you seek to explore Economics and the Social Sciences and to bring even accepted theories to the test of first principles, then this talk is for you.

The talk will be delivered at Friends House, Hilda Clark Suite, 173, Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ

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The nearest tube stations are Euston and Euston Square, which are on the Northern, Victoria, Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith & City lines and overground.

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HGF Programme Spring 2018

PROGRAMME: FRIDAY EVENING STUDY GROUP- Fridays 6:40 to 8:10pm
Meetings at 11 Mandeville Place, London W1U 3AJ
       
Courtesy of School of Economic Science
       
Spring 2018
Date Wk No Presenter Topic / Study
19/01/2018   Wk 1 David Triggs Exploration of George's Progress and Poverty - see Note below.
26/01/2018   Wk 2 David Triggs Continuing Exploration as Wk 1
02/02/2018   Wk 3 David Triggs Continuing Exploration as Wk 1
09/02/2018   Wk 4 David Triggs Continuing Exploration as Wk 1
16/02/2018   Wk 5 HALF  TERM No meeting
23/02/2018   Wk 6 David Triggs Continuing Exploration as Wk 1
02/03/2018   Wk 7 David Triggs Continuing Exploration as Wk 1
09/03/2018   Wk 8 David Triggs Continuing Exploration as Wk 1
16/03/2018   Wk 9 TBA  
23/03/2018 Wk11 David Triggs Continuing Exploration as Wk 1
30/03/2018 Wk12 Good Friday No meeting
       
  Exploration of Progress and Poverty
The Foundation celebrated the launch of the new Annotated Edition of Progress and Poverty in September 2017 and the book has been the subject of study throughout the Autumn Term.  Students have found that George’s clear definitions and reasoned arguments have revealed many insights into understanding much of the confusion surrounding current economic thinking.
David Triggs will continue to lead this study during the Spring Term and invite challenges that  test the propositions put forward.
NB: Real time access to this Group Study is available via Internet Connection - see Newletter for details
       
       
PROGRAMME: FRIDAY AFTERNOON  STUDY GROUP   2.30pm to 4pm
       
The Group is engaged in regular study and occasional talks presented by members of the Group and others.  The study continues to examine The Science of Political Economy by Henry George, and will embark on Book 3 during the Spring Term. 
A special poetry event is scheduled for 23rd February 2018 with Alan Roberts presenting "George Herbert and the Service Economy"
       
 ALL WELCOME
You may attend one session or as many as you wish
ADMISSION FREE - voluntary donations optional
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Henry George and the Laws of Nature

Talk given to the Henry George Foundation by Joseph Milne 17th March 2017

In Progress and Poverty Henry George frequently calls upon the ‘laws of nature’ or ‘natural law’, or upon universal justice. I would like to explore what he really means by these expressions. One does not find them in current economic theory. Occasionally one hears a politician calling for justice, but often this is more a call for retribution rather than justice. But one never hears them invoke the ‘laws of nature’ or ‘natural law’. Find the full article here.

 

 

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