Poverty

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Poverty

Dr. McGlynn's Lesson from the 1886 New York City Election Jul 5, 2023
Monkeys and Men Aug 22, 2020
Squirrel Island Aug 21, 2020
Government and Revenue Mar 31, 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
Our Opioid Crisis — a thought from Frances Willard, of WCTU Oct 29, 2017
Hopelessness Jan 20, 2014
1884-11-19 Henry George on what St. Paul might think of contemporary society Dec 8, 2013
Giving Thanks - NYTimes.com Nov 29, 2013
The Charitable-Industrial Complex Jul 27, 2013
Gems from George: Poverty Kills — Whose Guilt? Feb 19, 2013
Gems from George: Poverty Unnatural — continued Feb 12, 2013
Gems from George: Poverty Unnatural Feb 11, 2013
Gems from George: The Savage and the Modern Workman Feb 10, 2013
Gems from George: the 14th century and the 19th — progress? Feb 9, 2013
The Earth-for-All Calendar: Undecimber 16 — Proudhon Jan 16, 2013
The Earth-for-All Calendar: Undecimber 12 — Cushman Jan 12, 2013
Shearman: The Distribution of Wealth, Part II (1887) Jan 7, 2013
Henry George, on intemperance, liquor taxes and poverty Jan 7, 2013
Hugh Pentecost, on the connection between crime and poverty Jan 6, 2013
The Earth-for-All Calendar: December 27 — Cardinal Manning Dec 27, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: December 26 — Cardinal Vaughan Dec 26, 2012
Herbert Bigelow: Saving Souls from Hell Dec 19, 2012
Individual Account Retirement Plans: An Analysis of the 2010 Survey of Consumer Finances | EBRI Oct 27, 2012
Chrystia Freeland: Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else Oct 21, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: October 9 — Sir Walter Scott Oct 9, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: October 9 — Sir Walter Scott Oct 7, 2012
The Church(es) in Politics Sep 15, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: September 8 — Sir Thomas More Sep 8, 2012
A Right-to-Life Platform — 125 years old Aug 22, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: April 20 — Gerald Massey Apr 20, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: April 14 — George Eliot Apr 14, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: April 13 — Jefferson Apr 13, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: April 12 — Blake Apr 12, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: April 9 — Dickens Apr 9, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: April 5 Apr 5, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: April 4 — Cardinal Vaughan Apr 4, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: April 1: Queen Elizabeth's Prayerbook Apr 1, 2012
Bob Andelson: An Open Letter to Pope John Paul II Mar 19, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: March 11 - Pope Gregory the Great Mar 11, 2012
To fight the effect, while feeding the cause ... and our laws Mar 7, 2012
Brief Statement of Single Tax Philosophy Feb 26, 2012
Maine Residents Struggle to Heat Their Homes - NYTimes.com Feb 5, 2012
Economic Security and Control Over One's Own Life Jan 26, 2012
Today's economic problems aren't new Jan 8, 2012
The Earth-for-All Calendar: January 3 — Mark Twain Jan 3, 2012
The School Lunch Barometer Dec 31, 2011
Taxes kill jobs Dec 27, 2011
The Superficial Reformer Dec 4, 2011
Charity or Justice: How We Treat the Poor Dec 3, 2011
Young Men and Their Opportunities - 1896 and today Dec 2, 2011
Edmund Vance Cooke: Thanksgiving Nov 1, 2011
Frances Willard, anti-poverty activist Oct 4, 2011
LTE: Rising Rate of Poverty - NYTimes.com Sep 26, 2011
Pen's Parade: do you realize we're mostly dwarves? Feb 21, 2011
What Tolstoy Taught: The Great Iniquity Nov 28, 2010
What Tolstoy Taught: Human Rights Nov 28, 2010
Thy Kingdom Come! Nov 14, 2010
God bless the child that's got his own Nov 13, 2010
Could a Peanut Paste Called Plumpy'nut End Malnutrition? - NYTimes.com Sep 5, 2010
The End of Poverty? Think Again! Aug 24, 2010
Can a mother's affection prevent anxiety in adulthood? Jul 27, 2010
Why Do People Become Terrorists? Jul 1, 2010
A Neuroscientist, Nature and Nurture, and America's Children in Financial Distress Jun 30, 2010
Is Our Tax System Helping Us Create Wealth? Jun 5, 2010
What's the real cost of living, in Pennsylvania? Jun 4, 2010
Wealth Concentration, Income Concentration and the Economy May 30, 2010
47 percent Apr 26, 2010
NYT LTE's: It Happened on Wall St. and Main St. Apr 9, 2010
Mine! All Mine! Apr 8, 2010
U.S. Plans New Measure for Poverty Mar 7, 2010
Looking Forward Feb 14, 2010
2009Q4 Labor Underutilization Problems of US Workers by 2008 Income Decile Feb 13, 2010
"I Am For Men" Feb 3, 2010
Reading Lowell Harriss Jan 31, 2010
"The End of Poverty? Think Again" Jan 31, 2010
Why I Bother Jan 26, 2010
Progress & Poverty is on Kindle Jan 16, 2010
Wealth Concentration data Jan 11, 2010
Income Concentration Jan 11, 2010
Children in Poverty, Children in low-income families Dec 26, 2009
So is the Woodstock Generation going to fix America's most serious problems? Aug 13, 2009
The Just-Getting-By Cost of Living in West Virginia in 2009 for young families Jun 24, 2009
Getting By in Oregon: How Much Does It Take? Jun 3, 2009
Thou shalt not suffer thyself or anybody else to be stolen from May 23, 2009
Land and Freedom 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
Yertle the Turtle, and Tax Reform May 11, 2009
The UK Rich List — some additional thoughts — with reference to America, as well May 9, 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
Lawson Purdy: The Influence of Taxation on the Prosperity of Cities Feb 16, 2009
Child Labor in 1906; Child Poverty in 2009 Feb 15, 2009
The ‘W’ Word, Re-engaged - ["Welfare"] Feb 9, 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
Father of the ecosystem: Joseph Priestley Jan 17, 2009
The Foldvarium: How to Extirpate Poverty Dec 21, 2008
Change.gov Dec 7, 2008
hear, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest Nov 29, 2008
Dying of Consumption - NYT Nov 29, 2008
Leo Tolstoy — The Last Station — and Henry George Nov 18, 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
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
Fareed Zakaria: How to Spread Democracy Nov 1, 2008
Spreading the "wealth" — this time, let's talk about income Nov 1, 2008
Progress, and Poverty — how do they relate? Oct 28, 2008
We've made a secular religion of homeownership Oct 15, 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
When I am elected President ... Sep 26, 2008
Those Shareholders who are being wiped out ... who are they? - or, "How's it trickling?" Sep 26, 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
A Budget is a Moral Document Sep 24, 2008
Some thoughts about paying taxes... Sep 22, 2008
Pres. Bush is worried about people being able to send their children to college Sep 20, 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
Making Work Pay Enough: A Decent Standard of Living for Working Families Aug 26, 2008
Mandela's B-Day message: Rich should help poor Jul 18, 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
David Cay Johnston doesn't get it — yet Jun 25, 2008
Orthodox Anglicans hint schism, stop short of split Jun 25, 2008
Thoughts for Barack Obama Jun 19, 2008
Halving US Poverty in 10 Years Jun 19, 2008
Luke Russert's tribute to his father: a new political party? Jun 18, 2008
A Budget is a Moral Document Jun 16, 2008
Why did Big Russ have to work two full-time jobs? Jun 15, 2008
Joseph Stiglitz: Revise Taxation to Combat Scarcity in an Age of Plenty Jun 10, 2008
The Landlord's Prayer Jun 10, 2008
Oil, Land, Water — who among us is entitled to privatize their value? Jun 8, 2008
Golf Courses, Assessments, Property Taxes, and Nonmembers May 28, 2008
Is LVT the answer to all our problems? May 28, 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
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
Alabama's taxes Apr 13, 2008
Taxes as oppression, taxes as incentives: Alabama Apr 12, 2008
Still on the mountaintop: Economically rational racism Apr 4, 2008
Bob Herbert's 3/11 column, Sharing the Pain: The "Near-Poor" Apr 1, 2008
Fixing Wages, and Fixing Housing Affordability — for All of Us Apr 1, 2008
Is LVT the answer? It depends what the question is. Apr 1, 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
The 80/20 Rule — and its misapplications 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
Slum Visits: Tourism or Voyeurism? (NYT, 3/9/08) Mar 9, 2008
1 in 100 behind bars ... in America! Mar 2, 2008
How do we eliminate poverty? Feb 19, 2008
Poverty is Poison (Krugman, 2/18/08 NYT) Feb 19, 2008