Dear Friends, Our colleagues at the Henry George School of Social Science <http://www.henrygeorgeschool.org> are offering a new set of free Summer Courses and Special Seminars in economics and social issues starting June 11th in New York City! For details and registration see below or go to hgsss.org/courses <http://hgsss.org/courses>.
One example is The Economics of Social Cost in America <http://hgsss.org/the-economics-of-social-cost-in-america-a-focus-on-health-care-and-medical-education> starting June 11th (see below) taught by Dr. Andreas Adams highlighting the "social time bombs" in the US Healthcare and Medical Education system and how society can address these issues. Also, on Tuesday June 23rd, the author of America Is Not Broke! Scott Baker presents a Special Seminar on reforms to address the current insufficient funding for social programs and other government functions. See below for details. And don't forget their popular free online series featuring leading economists Smart Talk with Andrew Mazzone <http://hgsss.org/smart-talk>. The Summer Term courses are below. For free courses on economics and social issues, this school is a wonderful resource to know about! Rick Ulfik Founder of We, The World and the WE Campaign at WE.net Henry George School <http://www.henrygeorgeschool.org> 5 West 19th Street Suite 2C, New York, NY 10011 Tel. 212-889-8020- [email protected] www.henrygeorgeschool.org HOME <http://www.henrygeorgeschool.org> | COURSES <http://hgsss.org/courses> | SEMINARS <http://hgsss.org/seminars> | SMART TALK VIDEOS <http://hgsss.org/smart-talk> Summer 2015 Political Economy Courses & Special Seminars The Economics of Social Cost in America – A Focus on Health Care and Medical Education Rising health care and education costs in the United States have created a wide area of psycho-socioeconomic difficulties for patients, students and clinicians alike. Problems include but are not limited to decreasing quality of care, over diagnosing of patients, overprescribing of medications, student indebtedness, lowered academic standards and inflated grades. These dysfunctional outcomes resulted from the “corporatization” of these sectors; radically converting them from socially essential services to profit driven ventures. In this highly interactive course, we will attempt to examine the root causes of these social time bombs and develop a series of recommendations to address them. First Class: Tuesday, June 11 Sessions: 5 Dates: 6/11, 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9 Time: 6:00 PM– 8:00 PM Instructor: Dr. Andreas Adams Location: 800 Second Ave, Suite 600, New York, NY, 10017 **Photo ID required for access. Depressions in a Credit Driven Economy The purpose of this course is to offer an alternative theoretical framework to explain the workings of the US economy since the abandonment of the Gold Standard. The end of the Gold Standard has gradually but surely brought into being a new kind of economy based on credit fueled consumption rather than capital accumulation and investment as it has traditionally been since the Industrial Revolution. Has this shift in the economic system ushered in a new era of growth and prosperity or does it contain the seeds of another pernicious cycle of instability? Join Andrew Mazzone for a series of illuminating lectures that will highlight new sets of theoretical reference points to help you understand how the US economy has changed since the unravelling the Bretton Woods system and where it could be heading. First Class: Wednesday, June 17 Sessions: 6 Dates: 6/17, 6/24, 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 Time: 6:30 PM– 8:30 PM Instructor: Andrew Mazzone & Ibrahima Drame Location: 5W 19th Street Suite 2 C, New York, NY 10011 Introducing: HGS Daily Seminars (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays) Understanding Political Economy Despite all the great achievements that capitalism has been able to deliver, why has it failed to bring an end to poverty? Why instead does poverty seem to be the eternal problem, overshadowing every inch of progress that the humankind has been able to achieve? Why do economic recessions still occur, unpredictable and yet seemingly inevitable? These are the questions that Henry George set out to answer in his famous book, Progress & Poverty; and they still remain with us in the 21st century. In this series of seminars, we will use George's work to structure our study of these questions. After describing the problem, we will examine the principles by which wealth is produced and distributed, paying careful attention to a few key concepts. We will use this understanding to see why scientific, technological, and organizational progress has been unable to eliminate poverty. First Class: Tuesday June 9 Days: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays Time: 3:00 PM– 5:00 PM Instructor: Marcial Cordon & Ibrahima Drame Location: 5W 19th Street Suite 2 C, New York, NY 10011 Special Seminar AMERICA IS NOT BROKE! Featuring Author Scott Baker Tuesday June 23, 2015 800 Second Avenue, Suite 600 in Manhattan (Consulate of Ecuador) The unsustainability of the American economy is as familiar as the newscycle. There is no money for social programs, no money to run the government, no money to cut taxes, and above all, we have to cut, cut, cut. But, what if it’s not true? Instead of familiar complaints about the national debt, leading to just slicing a shrinking economic pie differently, or worse, to Austerity Economics, the reality is that we already have all the wealth we could ever need. The tried and proven proposals presented in this special seminar based on the book America Is Not Broke! would guarantee America’s prosperity, fairness, democracy, and economic and ecological sustainability forever. Four multi-trillion dollar reforms: Sovereign Money, Georgism, Public Banking, and Ending Government Financial Asset Hoarding, plus a few other major reforms, show how we can have it all, if we only learn where to look. This one-night seminar summarizes and augments the findings of the book; with new and local issues and solutions not found in America is Not Broke! Presenter: Scott Baker, President of Common Ground New York Date: Tuesday June 23, 2015 Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Location: 800 Second Avenue, Suite 600 (Consulate of Ecuador), New York, NY 10017. ( Photo ID required) Note: 20 copies of the book “America is Not Broke!” will be on sale after the seminar for the one-time low price of $15 each. For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at [email protected].
