by Herbert S. Bigelow
Herbert Bigelow was the righteous young Pastor of Cincinnatti’s Vine Street Congregational Church in the final years of the 19th Century. He became famous (and infamous) for his sermons, which were uncompromising, both in their excoriation of hypocrisy and in their support of the single tax. Continue reading
by Geoffrey Lee, Published by Shepheard-Walwyn Ltd., London, 2008. Review by Gordon Hoover
British politics has long divided along class lines. During the period from 1850 to 1915 the control of the House of Commons oscillated between the Conservatives, who spoke for the privileged and traditional-minded classes, and the Liberals, who considered themselves the “party of the people” and the protectors of the weak and downtrodden. Continue reading
By Robert H. Bremner. Edited, with an introduction, by Will and Dorothy Lissner. Published in 1995 by the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation. Review by Lindy Davies
Georgists, I suspect, sometimes tend to forget what they have — and that’s too bad, because a great deal of high-quality work has been done over the years, work that can serve not just to enrich our advocacy but even to lift our spirits. Continue reading
by Ed Dodson
In this time of severe economic stresses, our public officials are certainly listening to economists, despite the fact that few economists forecasted the current crisis. What is it about our economic system that is so difficult for so many highly-trained individuals to grasp? Continue reading
by Lindy Davies
The time is always now for Georgists. It’s one of our most endearing quirks — or most annoying eccentricities, as the case may be. We tout a proposal for correcting fundamental economic wrongs — diseases that afflict any system in any time in which The Remedy has not been applied. Take a quick skim of the Georgist press in any period between the 1880s and today. You’ll see that this was the time, that today’s problems would propel society to finally wise up and look to real solutions. Continue reading
by Fred Foldvary
The $700 billion mortgage bailout has been enacted, but unemployment is rising as many businesses cannot obtain the credit needed for their operations. I offer the following plan for a quick economic recovery, although the probability of it being considered by the administration is barely above absolute zero: Continue reading
by Mason Gaffney
Working capital is the bloodstream of economic life. It is physical capital, the fast-turning inventory of goods in process and finished goods that supplies materials to the worker, and feeds and clothes her family. Short term commercial loans and trade credit buy it, but the capital is “real” — a fact often forgotten in the paper and virtual worlds of high finance, whence come the highest inner circles of government. Continue reading
So here we are, slouching to the close of eight years of unmitigated political disaster, bogged down in two theatres of conflict, watching the economic ball drop. For Georgists the downturn is bitterly sweet in the way it confirms our analysis, but it’s bitter, anyway, for everybody. Continue reading