Lessons
Henry George: Political Economy and Social Philosophy, Part I
Political Economy & Social Philosophy, Part I explores, in ten lessons, the natural laws (human tendencies) that direct the production and distribution of wealth. In the process, it reconciles what George considered the paradox — why, in spite of all the new inventions, innovations and new discoveries that increase the results of labor, the general rate of wages does not go up; why so many people who are willing and able to work, are unable to exchange their labor for the products of other people's labor; why, although the factors of production remain potentially the same, the economy stalls in recession or depression with significant segments of the work force unable to participate for many months or even years.
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You can download this lesson by clicking on the download links below.
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Henry George: Applied Principles of Political Economy, Part II
This 10 lesson course is available to students who have completed Fundamental Economics (based on Progress & Poverty). It is part II (complete in itself) of a three-part study in Principles of Political Economy. This second part, which is called Applied Economics, explores the application of economic principles to national and international problems. It is based on two books Protection or Free Trade and Social Problems, both by Henry George.
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You can download this lesson by clicking on the download links below.
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Henry George: Course in Economic Science, Part III
This is the third and final course in the three-part study, Principles of Political Economy. The first course, Fundamental Principles of Political Economy, based on Henry George’s Progress and Poverty, outlined the basic subject matter—the production and distribution of wealth—and explained George’s fundamental solution to chronic economic problems. The second course, Applied Principles of Political Economy, based on George’s Protection or Free Trade and Social Problems, delved further into an application of economic principles to problems national and international. Part III, Economic Science, returns to a study of economic theory in greater depth, and is based on The Science of Political Economy, Henry George’s last book (an abridged version is used in this course). The aim is an overview of the basic principles of the subject, and an examination of how some of those principles are expressed in modern economics.
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You can download this lesson by clicking on the download links below.
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Protection or Free Trade
A six-lesson course is based on the classic, Protection or Free Trade, by Henry George. This text is essentially the study guide used by Robert Clancy and possibly before him. It has been reworded from the question and answer format with a small amount of editing, some additions, and modern references to an outline of the arguments (changes by Mike Curtis). It explores a crucial question in the world today: whether trade between countries ought to be restricted, and whether the workers and business (labor and capital) of a country can or should be protected from the competition of labor and capital in other countries. In so doing, it uncovers the economic problem beneath that of trade.
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Arden Land Value Assessment
The Village of Arden, Delaware, founded in 1900, collects land rent from each of 198 leasehold lots. With the rent, it pays all county and school district real estate taxes levied on land and buildings within the community, and funds all public expenditures made by the Village of Arden itself. Although Arden has been collecting land rent for revenue for more than a hundred years, I believe this is the first comprehensive assessment of Arden’s leasehold lands based on the market in rental housing.
What follows in this lesson is an appraisal of the market rental value of Arden’s leasehold lands showing the method used, formulas, and actual assessment of each parcel. By assessing the rental value of each lot, the relative value of one lot to another is also recorded. While Arden is primarily a residential community, these same principles can be applied to determine the rental value of commercial, industrial, and other types of land as well.
You can download the elements of this lesson as clicking on the download links below.
What follows in this lesson is an appraisal of the market rental value of Arden’s leasehold lands showing the method used, formulas, and actual assessment of each parcel. By assessing the rental value of each lot, the relative value of one lot to another is also recorded. While Arden is primarily a residential community, these same principles can be applied to determine the rental value of commercial, industrial, and other types of land as well.
You can download the elements of this lesson as clicking on the download links below.
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