Seeing the Cat

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Ending Poverty

• Terrence Powderly: On Earth Peace, Good Will Toward Men (Cosmopolitan, December, 1891) Apr 9, 2020
• A Poem of Political Economy — likely J. W. Bengough, from 1887 Sep 11, 2017
• The Charitable-Industrial Complex Jul 27, 2013
• The Earth-for-All Calendar: Undecimber 12 — Cushman Jan 12, 2013
• The Mortgage on the Farm Dec 30, 2012
• The Earth-for-All Calendar: November 20 — Isaiah Nov 20, 2012
• The Earth-for-All Calendar: October 9 — Sir Walter Scott Oct 7, 2012
• The Earth-for-All Calendar: September 12 — Grant Allen Sep 12, 2012
• A Right-to-Life Platform — 125 years old Aug 22, 2012
• The Earth-for-All Calendar: August 14 — De Laveleye Aug 14, 2012
• The Earth-for-All Calendar: July 21 — John Bright Jul 22, 2012
• The Earth-for-All Calendar: June 13 — Paine and Marmontel Jun 13, 2012
• The Earth-for-All Calendar: June 12 — Goldsmith Jun 12, 2012
• The Earth-for-All Calendar: April 29 — Newman Apr 29, 2012
• The Earth-for-All Calendar: April 13 — Jefferson Apr 13, 2012
• Goldsmith, a supplement to the "Earth for All" collection Apr 1, 2012
• The Earth-for-All Calendar: April 1: Queen Elizabeth's Prayerbook Apr 1, 2012
• The Earth-for-All Calendar: March 27 — Paine and Penn Mar 27, 2012
• Bob Andelson: An Open Letter to Pope John Paul II Mar 19, 2012
• The Land Questions: #37 Mar 7, 2012
• Brief Statement of Single Tax Philosophy Feb 26, 2012
• The Land Questions #18 — Gambling Feb 18, 2012
• The Superficial Reformer Dec 4, 2011
• Charity or Justice: How We Treat the Poor Dec 3, 2011
• Delaware Single Tax Platform, 1896 Dec 3, 2011
• Young Men and Their Opportunities - 1896 and today Dec 2, 2011
• Thomas G. Shearman: Henry George's 'Mistakes' Oct 6, 2011
• Russia's Economic Interests (Part 1) | Credit Writedowns Aug 13, 2011
• Lizzie Magie's 1902 commentary on The Landlords' Game, on which Monopoly is based Jan 22, 2011
• Progress, Charity, — and Justice Jan 16, 2011
• Few Fortunes Survive Three Generations? Jan 6, 2011
• The Case Plainly Stated Nov 22, 2010
• James Love's paragraph summary of Progress and Poverty Nov 20, 2010
• Thy Kingdom Come! Nov 14, 2010
• Wages in America (2009) Nov 10, 2010
• Khosla, Sun Co-Founder, Uses Capitalism to Help Poor Oct 15, 2010
• Could a Peanut Paste Called Plumpy'nut End Malnutrition? - NYTimes.com Sep 5, 2010
• How to End the Great Recession Sep 5, 2010
• Joe Stiglitz: the people are being cheated and the economy is getting poorer Jul 29, 2010
• The Woodpeckers' Tree System Jul 23, 2010
• Greater Fools Jul 5, 2010
• Aging in Place Jul 1, 2010
• Why Do People Become Terrorists? Jul 1, 2010
• A Neuroscientist, Nature and Nurture, and America's Children in Financial Distress Jun 30, 2010
• Tackling America's Drug Addiction Jun 24, 2010
• The Prayer of the Landless Jun 18, 2010
• William Allan's Landlord's Prayer Jun 18, 2010
• Is Our Tax System Helping Us Create Wealth? Jun 5, 2010
• What's the real cost of living, in Pennsylvania? Jun 4, 2010
• The Labour Problem ... population? or something else? May 30, 2010
• 47 percent Apr 26, 2010
• Crosby: Democracy Apr 21, 2010
• Crosby: God's Gift (a poem) Apr 21, 2010
• It is time for a paradigm shift on housing Apr 9, 2010
• Bits and Pieces from a 1914 Bi-Monthly Apr 9, 2010
• America's Wealth Distribution 2007 — Wealth Concentration — part 3 of 3 Apr 2, 2010
• Moses Mar 30, 2010
• A thought about Glenn Beck, churches and social justice Mar 13, 2010
• Union College Admits That It’s in Schenectady, NY Mar 9, 2010
• Is "chasing the bad guys" the highest good? Mar 9, 2010
• Nation Building — abroad and at home Feb 23, 2010
• America's millionaires Feb 17, 2010
• The Monkeys Disgrace Feb 14, 2010
• Land, labor and capital: cleaning up after the snow storm Feb 14, 2010
• 2009Q4 Labor Underutilization Problems of US Workers by 2008 Income Decile Feb 13, 2010
• The House of Tranquillity: A "Middle Class Agenda" Feb 10, 2010
• "I Am For Men" Feb 3, 2010
• Do We Really Have to Create Man-made Misery to Supplement What Nature Provides? Feb 1, 2010
• 10 of the largest endowments in N.E. Jan 31, 2010
• Remembering Howard Zinn Jan 31, 2010
• Reading Lowell Harriss Jan 31, 2010
• "The End of Poverty? Think Again" Jan 31, 2010
• The other Davos website Jan 30, 2010
• Ben Stein's Farewell to C. Lowell Harriss, professor of economics - Dec. 29, 2009 Jan 22, 2010
• MLK: An edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring Jan 18, 2010
• Middle Class Wealth Jan 18, 2010
• Income Concentration Jan 11, 2010
• Neoclassical economists are rich people's useful idiots. Dec 31, 2009
• Children in Poverty, Children in low-income families Dec 26, 2009
• Krugman: How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? Sep 4, 2009
• The Landed Gentry ... this time, in Pakistan Aug 18, 2009
• So is the Woodstock Generation going to fix America's most serious problems? Aug 13, 2009
• William Jennings Bryan, on liberty and future generations Aug 5, 2009
• The Just-Getting-By Cost of Living in West Virginia in 2009 for young families Jun 24, 2009
• "END ALL TAXES - EXCEPT ONE" Jun 13, 2009
• High and Low Finance - 2005 Tax Break for Repatriated Funds Didn’t Work as Billed Jun 5, 2009
• What You Get for... $465,000 - NYTimes.com Jun 3, 2009
• Thou shalt not suffer thyself or anybody else to be stolen from May 23, 2009
• Land and Freedom May 23, 2009
• Gary Schilling's idea ... May 14, 2009
• Carpe Diem! Remembering Bob Drake, of Chicago May 14, 2009
• 1 in 5 Pennsylvania Families Lack Sufficient Income to Meet Their Most Modestly Defined Needs May 14, 2009
• Yertle the Turtle, and Tax Reform May 11, 2009
• Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us ... May 11, 2009
• An Hour with the BBC World Service May 11, 2009
• The UK Rich List — some additional thoughts — with reference to America, as well May 9, 2009
• The Rich List May 5, 2009
• Council of Georgist Organizations Conference: Cleveland 2009 May 5, 2009
• Neuroscience and social deprivation | I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told | The Economist May 5, 2009
• People's Budget Day: the Centennial Apr 29, 2009
• About Land Value Taxation Apr 8, 2009
• Just What is Home Equity? Feb 25, 2009
• The 2007 Survey of Consumer Finances: Are we going to complain, or are we going to create the conditions which will improve things? Feb 16, 2009
• Child Labor in 1906; Child Poverty in 2009 Feb 15, 2009
• A Price for Existence Feb 15, 2009
• Marketing the Goodness of God Feb 15, 2009
• The ‘W’ Word, Re-engaged - ["Welfare"] Feb 9, 2009
• How Might We Stimulate the Economy — at minimal expense? Feb 9, 2009
• Should Landlords Share in their Tenants' Profits? Should our Urban Landlords be Society's Big Winners? Feb 9, 2009
• Statistics of Income: Mortgage Interest and Real Estate Taxes Feb 5, 2009
• Who do we mean when we say "Main Street?" Feb 5, 2009
• Who is entitled to the economic rent on Bolivia's trove of lithium? Feb 2, 2009
• Relative Child Poverty, Income Inequality, Wealth, and Health Jan 28, 2009
• Slum Dog Millionaire, India and America Jan 25, 2009
• Cashing in on urban land value ... who is entitled to it? Jan 23, 2009
• Let Us Now Praise the Back Roads of Alabama Jan 23, 2009
• Susan Pace Hamill: The Vast Injustice Perpetuated by State and Local Tax Policy Jan 22, 2009
• The Landlord's OTHER Prayer Jan 17, 2009
• Mark Twain: The War Prayer Jan 4, 2009
• Eisenhower's roads to prosperity Jan 2, 2009
• The landowner and the taxpayer Dec 29, 2008
• The Foldvarium: How to Extirpate Poverty Dec 21, 2008
• Daily Kos: One Person's Lot is Person's Loot Dec 11, 2008
• A Property Tax Cut Could Help Save Buffalo - WSJ.com Dec 7, 2008
• Change.gov Dec 7, 2008
• Michael Kinsley on "Progress & Poverty" Dec 6, 2008
• Time to Tackle US Poverty? Dec 3, 2008
• hear, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest Nov 29, 2008
• Trickle-Up Economics Nov 29, 2008
• Dying of Consumption - NYT Nov 29, 2008
• Change Needed to End Boom-Bust Cycles Nov 27, 2008
• Leo Tolstoy — The Last Station — and Henry George Nov 18, 2008
• How do we reduce the demand for energy? Nov 10, 2008
• High-Income Households ... some additional SCF data, relevant to Obama's SS tax options Nov 9, 2008
• Wealth Concentration, Income Concentration, and Ups & Downs in Consumer Spending Nov 7, 2008
• Ben Franklin, technological progress and moral progress Nov 7, 2008
• A new film: "The End of Poverty?" Nov 7, 2008
• Wealth Concentration and the Corruption of Government Nov 4, 2008
• Fareed Zakaria: How to Spread Democracy Nov 1, 2008
• Spreading the "wealth" — this time, let's talk about income Nov 1, 2008
• Spreading the Wealth Oct 30, 2008
• Progress, and Poverty — how do they relate? Oct 28, 2008
• I'm not thrilled with our choices in November Oct 28, 2008
• Bob Herbert: A Fool’s Paradise Oct 28, 2008
• Spreading the Wealth: Some kinds of wealth OUGHT to be spread! Oct 28, 2008
• We've made a secular religion of homeownership Oct 15, 2008
• Rich in Natural Resources Oct 2, 2008
• The World Distribution of Wealth, part I: how does the US compare to the rest of the world Sep 28, 2008
• The World Distribution of Wealth, part II: Natural Resources and Ownership Sep 28, 2008
• The World Distribution of Wealth, part III: Deciles of Wealth Distribution. Sep 28, 2008
• When I am elected President ... Sep 26, 2008
• Democratic Capitalism ... Sep 24, 2008
• We all contribute to rent. Some of us get to live off it. How does this fit with the notion that we are created equal? Sep 24, 2008
• A Budget is a Moral Document Sep 24, 2008
• Living paycheck to paycheck, living bonus to bonus, and trickle-down economics Sep 23, 2008
• Some thoughts about paying taxes... Sep 22, 2008
• A 21st Century Georgist in the Revised Common Lectionary Sep 22, 2008
• Pres. Bush is worried about people being able to send their children to college Sep 20, 2008
• The Big (and unnoticed) Winners in the Mortgage Crisis Sep 20, 2008
• LA Times: Can California survive 'no new taxes'? Sep 17, 2008
• David Cay Johnston: Income Data and the Future of the Nation Sep 4, 2008
• A Gem from Luke North Sep 3, 2008
• Valuing life, and applying fiscal stimulus, and setting us all equal Sep 2, 2008
• What does an infant cost a young family? Sep 2, 2008
• PBS's NOW, 8/1/08: Alaska: Governor Palin & Oil Resources — Who Do They Belong To? Sep 1, 2008
• Joe Stiglitz: Turn left for growth Aug 26, 2008
• Making Work Pay Enough: A Decent Standard of Living for Working Families Aug 26, 2008
• Why are the Working Poor Poor? Aug 26, 2008
• Renters deserve a better shake - Boston Globe Aug 14, 2008
• Technically Speaking, Market Analysis and Theory: Saturday AM Coffee: A Plethora of Choices, for Some Jul 20, 2008
• Transfers of Wealth Overseas Jul 20, 2008
• Mandela's B-Day message: Rich should help poor Jul 18, 2008
• Fannie & Freddie: Privatization of Gain, Socialization of Loss: Who Benefits? Jul 18, 2008
• WealthandWant.com: The Wealth Concentration Tables Jul 16, 2008
• We All Pay for Leona Helmsley’s Bequest to Dogs - NYT Jul 10, 2008
• The Housing Crash and the Retirement Prospects of Late Baby Boomers Jul 5, 2008
• Tax Analysts column: The Price of Civilization Jul 4, 2008
• Bill Gates: How Can He Best Use His Wealth and Influence to Help the World? Jul 3, 2008
• Do you own an oil company? Jul 3, 2008
• Be a good ancestor Jun 26, 2008
• Orthodox Anglicans hint schism, stop short of split Jun 25, 2008
• CA & FL account for nearly 1/3 of mortgages in foreclosure or 90 days delinquent Jun 19, 2008
• Thoughts for Barack Obama Jun 19, 2008
• Democracy and Opportunity: A New Paradigm in Tax Equity Jun 18, 2008
• Luke Russert's tribute to his father: a new political party? Jun 18, 2008
• A Budget is a Moral Document Jun 16, 2008
• Ross Perot, Back On the Charts Jun 16, 2008
• Why did Big Russ have to work two full-time jobs? Jun 15, 2008
• McCain, Obama stake out divergent paths on taxes - Yahoo! News Jun 10, 2008
• Joseph Stiglitz: Revise Taxation to Combat Scarcity in an Age of Plenty Jun 10, 2008
• The Landlord's Prayer Jun 10, 2008
• The Elder Economic Security Standard, new sibling to the Self Sufficiency Standard Jun 8, 2008
• One Solution for Many Problems? Jun 8, 2008
• Golf Courses, Assessments, Property Taxes, and Nonmembers May 28, 2008
• Taxes as the Price We Pay for a Civilized Society — But What Taxes? May 28, 2008
• Is LVT the answer to all our problems? May 28, 2008
• The Price of Land in the New York Metropolitan Area May 15, 2008
• Poverty, America's Children, and Our Future May 15, 2008
• Are you going to be part of the problem, or part of the solution? May 10, 2008
• Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: Rafe Esquith sort of sees it! Apr 28, 2008
• A Few Inconvenient Truths about the Property Tax Apr 28, 2008
• a tax reformer does the family 1040's Apr 18, 2008
• The Purpose of Government Apr 17, 2008
• Taxes as oppression, taxes as incentives: Alabama Apr 12, 2008
• Still on the mountaintop: Economically rational racism Apr 4, 2008
• Harvard Law, Hoping Students Will Consider Public Service, Offers Tuition Break - New York Times Mar 30, 2008
• Getting Poverty Wrong, by Steven Malanga, City Journal 3/21/08 Mar 30, 2008
• Is LVT the answer? It depends what the question is. Mar 28, 2008
• Philadelphia, its Wage Tax and its Residents Mar 27, 2008
• The Colorado Self-Sufficiency Standard, 2008 Mar 26, 2008
• Fixing Wages, and Fixing Housing Affordability — for All of Us Mar 25, 2008
• The 80/20 Rule — and its misapplications Mar 19, 2008
• The Boom-Bust Cycle Mar 19, 2008
• Working harder, making others richer Mar 16, 2008
• The Basis of U.S. Poverty Statistics Mar 16, 2008
• Guns or Butter? Our Infrastructure, or Iraq's? Mar 16, 2008
• Bob Herbert's 3/11 column, Sharing the Pain: The "Near-Poor" Mar 15, 2008
• True Irish — and all of us Mar 14, 2008
• Closet Georgists and Georgites: Bill Buckley, and others Mar 10, 2008
• Slum Visits: Tourism or Voyeurism? (NYT, 3/9/08) Mar 9, 2008
• Who Should Get the Land Rent? Mar 2, 2008
• 1 in 100 behind bars ... in America! Mar 2, 2008
• Ricardo's Law: The Great Tax Clawback Scam Mar 1, 2008
• How do we eliminate poverty? Feb 19, 2008
• Poverty is Poison (Krugman, 2/18/08 NYT) Feb 19, 2008