This Piece of Work was submitted by our interviewee from GJ #112, and reflects some of his interests. If you’re among the first 5 to send in a finished puzzle, you’ll win an HGI t-shirt! Continue reading
Tag Archives: Issue #114
Addressing Climate Change Without Cost
by Frank de Jong
When the fanfare and posturing of the 15,000 Copenhagen climate change conference delegates finally died down, the parting conference communiqué announced — luckily — nothing much. Continue reading
A Thought-Provoking Letter
— Brad Van Dyke, Sanpete County, Utah
In Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Americans inherited a growing democratic republic, but remained spellbound by European style and fashion: romanticism, feudal chivalry, pretenses of class and education, etc. Continue reading
Human Clay
by Jeff Smith
People tell you Georgism is no panacea. Georgists tell their own that there is no magic bullet. But we don’t need magic. All we need is a dose of common sense. Our stalwarts have delivered some victories — yet other movements win many more. Continue reading
A Georgist Theory of History: Work in Progress
by Lindy Davies
One criticism frequently leveled at Georgists that has more truth than most is the notion that our analysis lacks depth — that we’re shake ‘n bake utopians, that we have one simple, magical cure to offer for poverty, depression, oppression, repression and indigestion. Henry George himself was, perhaps, guilty of creating that impression in the apocalyptic tone of many of his final chapters. Continue reading
The Rise of Globalization
by Shirley-Anne Hardy
I recently read a fascinating article which stated that sugar and its associated fermented commodities (i.e., rum) gave birth to colonial rule on a global scale. The thesis offered much of interest, but there was a gap in its conception of how globalization arose. Continue reading
Tom Jefferson and the Dandelion
by Mason Gaffney
Thomas Jefferson is said to have introduced the dandelion in this country. No one’s perfect. It’s a shame, though, how some people seize on TJ’s other lapses when his name is invoked, especially the rumor that he, an early widower, retained a slave-mistress. Continue reading
Reform and Stakeholdership in the Niger Delta
by Gordon Abiama
It is well known that Nigeria’s oil industry is characterized by a high level of inefficiency and massive fraud that has resulted in billions of dollars in lost revenue.
So, the recent tongue-lashing of the Nigerian government by the Venezuelan Ambassador to Nigeria, Enerique Fernando Arrundell, should not have been a surprise. Arrundell denounced the Nigerian Government’s obsession to deregulate the oil sector. Continue reading
Prosper California Seeks Rent Revenue Solution
Frank Walker, an attorney from Chula Vista California, is bringing righteous political energy to bear on the State of California’s economic and financial woes. Walker’s campaign, called “Prosper California,” calls for eliminating all the state’s corporate income taxes and sales taxes, Continue reading