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Henry George

Dr. McGlynn's Lesson from the 1886 New York City Election Jul 5, 2023
Henry George's 1877 Oration, Fourth of July, San Francisco Jul 4, 2022
The Question Before the People, Henry George's election-year speech, San Francisco, 1876-08-15 Sep 13, 2020
An American Trinity: Thomas Jefferson, Henry George, Abraham Lincoln Jul 4, 2020
1897: An Eloquent Tribute to Henry George, in the Sacramento Bee May 6, 2020
The milk in our coconut Mar 28, 2020
John Farrell, The Philosophy of the Single Tax, Part I: About Current Politics Jul 9, 2018
John Farrell, The Philosophy of the Single Tax, Part II: The Need for Reform Jul 9, 2018
John Farrell, The Philosophy of the Single Tax, Part X: In Conclusion Jul 9, 2018
The Henry George Idea in One Hundred Words Feb 14, 2016
John Dewey's Foreword to Geiger's "The Philosophy of Henry George" (1933) Jul 2, 2015
Some thoughts about Piketty's "Capital in the 21st Century" Aug 8, 2014
Better Insurance Against Inequality - NYTimes.com Apr 14, 2014
The Charitable-Industrial Complex Jul 27, 2013
Two eloquent statements about Henry George Jul 12, 2013
Gems from George: Economic Terms — Land — still more Mar 6, 2013
Gems from George: Economic Terms — Land - continued Mar 5, 2013
Gems from George: On reasoning Mar 3, 2013
Gems from George: of Women, as of Men Mar 2, 2013
Gems from George: Social Reform Feb 28, 2013
Gems from George — The Power of Thought: Trusting Reason Feb 27, 2013
Rich and Poor Feb 27, 2013
Gems from George: the 14th century and the 19th — progress? Feb 9, 2013
Gems from George: The Costs to Society of Inequality and Poverty Feb 8, 2013
Gems from George: Progress, and Poverty Feb 7, 2013
Gems from George: Progress — and Poverty Feb 5, 2013
Introducing "Gems from George" Feb 4, 2013
Gems from George: The Influence of an Individual Feb 1, 2013
Henry George's chapter in McNeill's "The Labor Movement: The Problem of Today" (1887) Dec 19, 2012
Sprawl is Not a New Problem Dec 19, 2012
Baltimore Ground Rents — some history and some principles Dec 19, 2012
"Stir Up" Sunday Nov 29, 2012
Want Less Inequality? Tax It Nov 15, 2012
To be worthy, not respectable Nov 13, 2012
Individual Account Retirement Plans: An Analysis of the 2010 Survey of Consumer Finances | EBRI Oct 27, 2012
Harpers: Monopoly is Theft Oct 25, 2012
Chrystia Freeland: Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else Oct 21, 2012
On Wages, from an 1887 weekly ... and relevant in 2012 America Oct 2, 2012
Henry George (b. Philadelphia, 9/2/1839; d. NYC, 10/29/1897) - and Tolstoy's "The Great Iniquity" (1905) Sep 2, 2012
Henry George, on money in elections (The Standard, 10/8/1887) Aug 23, 2012
NYT 1887-09-04: "Ready for Labor Day" Aug 16, 2012
NYT 1887-09-04: "Labor Day and Idle Saturday" Aug 15, 2012
Plenty of room? Jul 23, 2012
What we propose — and the alternative Jul 14, 2012
Michael Kinsley: Inequality is even worse than everyone thought | iPolitics Jun 17, 2012
Resource Rentals for Revenue — The 3 R's of fixing our economy Jun 13, 2012
Henry George's teaching in a nutshell May 26, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: April 30 — Henry George Apr 30, 2012
Bob Andelson: The Earth is the Lord's! Mar 19, 2012
Free Trade, Free Land and Free Men (1888 Brooklyn Eagle Article) Mar 10, 2012
A 1938 NYT Letter to the Editor: Collecting Ground Rent Feb 16, 2012
The Family Tree of Economics, and its Missing Limb Feb 4, 2012
Shalom and Taxation Feb 3, 2012
Wasserman: The Ethics of Land-Value Taxation Jan 29, 2012
When Historians are Paid $25,000 a Month Jan 26, 2012
What do our college and graduate students learn? Jan 25, 2012
Toward an Ethical Democratic Free Society Jan 21, 2012
Social Problems Jan 21, 2012
Government's role Jan 20, 2012
An American Georgist visits New Zealand, circa 1962 Jan 18, 2012
A Penny Post Card Jan 18, 2012
Vie Peterson on Henry George's one tax Jan 18, 2012
Some thoughts from Martin Luther King, Jr. Jan 13, 2012
Man and his Mother Earth Jan 9, 2012
Today's economic problems aren't new Jan 8, 2012
In Arden Town (1914) Jan 4, 2012
Taxes kill jobs Dec 27, 2011
Seeing the Cat Dec 27, 2011
Opportunity has a name: it's called land Dec 26, 2011
Is inequality an inevitable byproduct of growth? Dec 18, 2011
Wealth Concentration and Trinity Church (Wall Street) Dec 17, 2011
Pointers on the Single Tax Dec 2, 2011
Franklin Hichborn: The Single Tax — with a good graphic Nov 28, 2011
Things to Tax Nov 28, 2011
Lucy and the Football Nov 23, 2011
Progress: Sharing the Earth So All May Prosper - September-November issue Nov 16, 2011
Who are the Criminals? — Henry George, Jr., 1901 Nov 4, 2011
LVT vs 90-9-9 Oct 18, 2011
Wealth Concentration data Oct 16, 2011
Forget 9-9-9. Here’s a Simple Plan: 1 Oct 15, 2011
Thomas G. Shearman: Henry George's 'Mistakes' Oct 6, 2011
Frances Willard, anti-poverty activist Oct 4, 2011
NYT: Whatever Happened to the American Left? Sep 24, 2011
The Golden Rule: Equal Rights to all and special privileges to none Sep 20, 2011
The FIRE sector Sep 19, 2011
Public Revenue for Libraries Sep 4, 2011
Why they might hate us May 6, 2011
Pen's Parade: do you realize we're mostly dwarves? Feb 21, 2011
John Dewey on "Progress and Poverty" Feb 7, 2011
Play "Brer Fox an' Brer Rabbit," a UK version of "The Landlords Game" (Monopoly) Jan 23, 2011
Lizzie Magie's 1902 commentary on The Landlords' Game, on which Monopoly is based Jan 22, 2011
What Tolstoy Taught: The Great Iniquity Nov 28, 2010
What Tolstoy Taught: Human Rights Nov 28, 2010
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
Get Rich Quick Scheme Nov 7, 2010
One Nation, Two Deficits — and how to fix things Oct 15, 2010
Mason Gaffney: Denying Inflation: Who, Why, and How Oct 15, 2010
The November U.S. Senate Elections Oct 15, 2010
Krugman: Fear and Favor Oct 4, 2010
How to Increase America's Saving Rate: Rich Americans Save Tax Cuts Instead of Spending Sep 15, 2010
FIRE Sector Strikes Again: Resale Fees That Only Developers Could Love Sep 13, 2010
Housing Choice - Help Today’s Owners or Future Buyers? Sep 5, 2010
Earned Income: Public and Private Aug 29, 2010
Some random thoughts on Monopoly and Life Aug 21, 2010
Learning To Get Out Of The Way « Aldous Huxley | This I Believe Aug 15, 2010
Borrowing on Expectations of Land Appreciation Aug 13, 2010
David Stockman - Four Deformations of the Apocalypse Aug 7, 2010
A Neuroscientist, Nature and Nurture, and America's Children in Financial Distress Jun 30, 2010
Income Mobility and the Persistence Of Millionaires, 1999 to 2007 Jun 23, 2010
William Allan's Landlord's Prayer Jun 18, 2010
The Larger Struggle - David Brooks Jun 16, 2010
47 percent Apr 26, 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 1 of 3 Apr 2, 2010
America's Wealth Distribution — 2007 — Wealth Concentration, Part 2 of 3 Apr 2, 2010
America's Wealth Distribution 2007 — Wealth Concentration — part 3 of 3 Apr 2, 2010
Elizabeth Warren: Behind Consumer Agency Idea, a Fiery Advocate Mar 30, 2010
Monopoly History Mar 30, 2010
Moses Mar 30, 2010
Union College Admits That It’s in Schenectady, NY Mar 9, 2010
Nation Building — abroad and at home Feb 23, 2010
How should we-the-people pay for ... snow removal? Feb 15, 2010
Looking Forward 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
Prosper California Tax Reform Initiative Jan 31, 2010
Reading Lowell Harriss Jan 31, 2010
Thinking Great Thoughts Jan 31, 2010
"The End of Poverty? Think Again" Jan 31, 2010
The Great 18-year Real Estate Cycle Jan 30, 2010
Why I Bother Jan 26, 2010
MLK: An edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring Jan 18, 2010
Tolstoy: The Last Station Jan 17, 2010
Progress & Poverty is on Kindle Jan 16, 2010
The Henry George Conspiracy « Liberty Revival Jan 13, 2010
I hate to disagree with Chip Case, but I must Jan 13, 2010
Wealth Concentration data Jan 11, 2010
Another Retirement Study Nov 1, 2009
Wish I'd said that! Sep 15, 2009
Krugman: How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? Sep 4, 2009
Are 401(k)'s going to solve our retirement problems? Aug 25, 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
Progress and Poverty, by Henry George: A Review « How Publicly Created Money Can Save US Jul 24, 2009
"END ALL TAXES - EXCEPT ONE" Jun 13, 2009
Getting By in Oregon: How Much Does It Take? Jun 3, 2009
What You Get for... $465,000 - NYTimes.com Jun 3, 2009
Albert Einstein, on Henry George May 24, 2009
Thou shalt not suffer thyself or anybody else to be stolen from May 23, 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
An Hour with the BBC World Service May 11, 2009
The Rich List May 5, 2009
Council of Georgist Organizations Conference: Cleveland 2009 May 5, 2009
People's Budget Day: the Centennial Apr 29, 2009
How Do We Fix an Ailing Economy? Apr 12, 2009
Michael Kinsley - The Senate's Estate Tax Debate Apr 10, 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
A Price for Existence Feb 15, 2009
Marketing the Goodness of God Feb 15, 2009
Equal Rights Feb 14, 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
Grocery Store Parking Lot: Sprawl in Microcosm Feb 5, 2009
A Unitarian-Universalist Perspective on the Economic Crisis Jan 26, 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
Dumbest Thing Voters Did Jan 18, 2009
Father of the ecosystem: Joseph Priestley Jan 17, 2009
Reading passages / test 1 (45 adet soru) Jan 3, 2009
Landlording in NYC: "We don't pay taxes, only the little people pay taxes." Jan 3, 2009
The landowner and the taxpayer Dec 29, 2008
The Foldvarium: How to Extirpate Poverty Dec 21, 2008
The Feoffees may sell Little Neck to the tenants ... for ever and ever Dec 18, 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
Winston Churchill and Mark Twain Nov 30, 2008
hear, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest Nov 29, 2008
Taxes and Tolls Sought in Plan to Save M.T.A. - NYTimes.com Nov 29, 2008
Trickle-Up Economics Nov 29, 2008
Should we tax action, or tax inaction? Nov 27, 2008
Change Needed to End Boom-Bust Cycles Nov 27, 2008
Leo Tolstoy — The Last Station — and Henry George Nov 18, 2008
On a well-provisioned ship, how is it that 6% of us consume ~25% of the resources? Nov 10, 2008
Mason Gaffney: "The Great Crash of 2008" — and how we can dig out and head off the next one Nov 10, 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
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
Americans and Mass Transit Nov 1, 2008
That acre in midtown Manhattan: $800 million — as a teardown! Nov 1, 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
Not Everyone Should Own a Home - WSJ.com Oct 28, 2008
Henry George was right ... Oct 15, 2008
We've made a secular religion of homeownership Oct 15, 2008
Rich in Natural Resources Oct 2, 2008
Assessing Land Values 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
He who sees the truth ... Sep 24, 2008
An Election Season Thought Sep 22, 2008
Productive loans, vs non-productive ones Sep 22, 2008
Pres. Bush is worried about people being able to send their children to college Sep 20, 2008
Huxley’s 3rd Alternative Sep 18, 2008
LA Times: Can California survive 'no new taxes'? Sep 17, 2008
Being born into the Landed Gentry is like holding the winning lottery ticket Sep 6, 2008
Gold-based lease could cause million-dollar rent hike for Forest City Enterprises Sep 3, 2008
David Cay Johnston: Can You Hear Opportunity Knocking? Aug 26, 2008
Why are the Working Poor Poor? Aug 26, 2008
Technically Speaking, Market Analysis and Theory: Saturday AM Coffee: A Plethora of Choices, for Some Jul 20, 2008
Remembering Marjorie Carter Jul 20, 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
HG quote for today Jun 19, 2008
Luke Russert's tribute to his father: a new political party? Jun 18, 2008
HG Quote of the Day Jun 16, 2008
Joseph Stiglitz: Revise Taxation to Combat Scarcity in an Age of Plenty Jun 10, 2008
The Landlord's Prayer Jun 10, 2008
One Solution for Many Problems? Jun 8, 2008
The Price of Land in the New York Metropolitan Area May 15, 2008
How much is your home worth? Apr 18, 2008
The Purpose of Government Apr 17, 2008
Still on the mountaintop: Economically rational racism Apr 4, 2008
Philadelphia, its Wage Tax and its Residents Mar 27, 2008
Fixing Wages, and Fixing Housing Affordability — for All of Us Mar 25, 2008
Did someone yell "FIRE" sector? Bailouts for whose benefit?? Mar 19, 2008
ConservativeHome's Platform: Mark Wadsworth: Time to look at Land Value Tax? Mar 19, 2008
Working harder, making others richer Mar 16, 2008
The Basis of U.S. Poverty Statistics Mar 16, 2008
Bob Herbert's 3/11 column, Sharing the Pain: The "Near-Poor" Mar 15, 2008
Affordable housing — for all of us. What policies promote it? Mar 14, 2008
True Irish — and all of us Mar 14, 2008
Closet Georgists and Georgites: Bill Buckley, and others Mar 10, 2008
Hotel Roosevelt For Sale at $1 Billion Mar 9, 2008
Slum Visits: Tourism or Voyeurism? (NYT, 3/9/08) Mar 9, 2008
Ricardo's Law: The Great Tax Clawback Scam Mar 1, 2008