Based on the ideas of Social Thinker Henry George...it offers courses and seminars, (most of them free it seems if not all of them)-- to "Explain basic economic and social science principles."
Here is a lift from their website about upcoming free forums
Friday Evening Forums
All forums are free and open to the public, and begin at 6:30 pm.Empty Apartment Buildings in NYC
January 13th, with Mr. Billy Fitzgerald
New Yorkers see them all the time: new apartment buildings, the entrance locked, without a single resident. Why are these buildings empty while apartment rents increase? Join us as we investigate ways to make housing affordable for all.
The Economy on Trial
January 20th, with Dr. Nibaldo Aguilera
The economic elite are indicted as American workers and studnets confront corporate greed and irresponsible governments. Why confront Wall Street? What public spaces should be "occupied"? What is the way forward?
Poverty and Urban Blight
January 27th, with Mr. Joshua Vincent
Overviews from some of America's poorest cities will pinpoint patterns of land ownership as factors in disinvestment and capital flight, Demographic and locational data are synthesized to illustrate where reforms are needed.
Land Value Taxation in the U.S.
February 3rd, with Mr. Andrew Mazzone
Could communities in the United States pay for public services and infrastructure with user fees on natural resources? This simulation of Georgist methods will reveal the value of monopolies of land and other natural opportunities.
Economics of Health Care
February 10th, with Dr. Demetrios Karides
Of the developed countries, the United States spends the highest amount per person on health care, yet has millions of people without medical insurance. Where does this money go? What is the relationship between high cost and high-quality patient care? Dr. Karides will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the American system and suggest ways to get better care at lower cost.
HGS has been there a long time, and in the neighborhood for longer (with interludes further north). My father operated the elevator for it in the late 1930s a block west and a block south!
ReplyDeleteI commend their courses, and Henry George's ideas, to your attention, if you think there might be a better way for our society and economy to organize -- and stabilize -- itself to produce widely shared prosperity!