Robert Schalkenbach Foundation http://schalkenbach.org/rsf-1 Publisher of Henry George and Related Works - Advocate For Economic Justice Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Curiouser and Curiouser http://schalkenbach.org/rsf-1/curiouser-and-curiouser/ http://schalkenbach.org/rsf-1/curiouser-and-curiouser/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:00 +0000 vajra http://schalkenbach.org/rsf-1/curiouser-and-curiouser/

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by Lindy Davies

Readers may have noticed the recent flap over the Internal Revenue Service subjecting conservative groups to extraordinary levels of scrutiny. Mostly these are folks who call themselves Patriots, …read more

Source: Work and Wealth

  

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by Lindy Davies

My general impression of Jeffrey Sachs is that the things he says usually make some sense; he’s well-credentialed, widely published, quoted, cited, featured, y’know, and what-all. So I …read more

Source: Work and Wealth

  

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by Lindy Davies

Glancing at HuffPost over morning coffee (something that costs about $1.50 these days at most NYC bodegas), I noticed that a couple of bloggers, Jessica Prois …read more

Source: Work and Wealth

  

]]> http://schalkenbach.org/rsf-1/global-poverty-real-and-virtual/feed/ 0 Have the experts finally figured out how to end poverty? http://schalkenbach.org/rsf-1/have-the-experts-finally-figured-out-how-to-end-poverty/ http://schalkenbach.org/rsf-1/have-the-experts-finally-figured-out-how-to-end-poverty/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:59:00 +0000 vajra http://schalkenbach.org/rsf-1/have-the-experts-finally-figured-out-how-to-end-poverty/ By Jacob Shwartz-Lucas

The first day of the Land and Poverty Conference, as I approached the World Bank from H Street, I noticed several homeless people still sleeping on the …read more

Source: Work and Wealth

  

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by Lindy Davies

My awesome colleague Jacob Shwartz-Lucas mused, in his recent WorkandWealth piece, on Rent — which, he notes, “has a very nuanced meaning in Economics.” Though Jacob …read more

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]]> http://schalkenbach.org/rsf-1/on-rent/feed/ 0 A Question for the Former President of Botswana http://schalkenbach.org/rsf-1/a-question-for-the-former-president-of-botswana/ http://schalkenbach.org/rsf-1/a-question-for-the-former-president-of-botswana/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:55:00 +0000 vajra http://schalkenbach.org/rsf-1/a-question-for-the-former-president-of-botswana/

By Jacob Shwartz-Lucas

I’m here at the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference today, sharing ideas with policy makers around the world. Yesterday, I was able to pose a question to …read more

Source: Work and Wealth

  

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wannawork

by Dr. Polly Cleveland

On the NewsHour Friday night, in response to the dismal new jobs numbers, Andrew McAfee of the MIT Center for Digital Business blames …read more
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by Lindy Davies

New York City has always provided us with icons: the Statue of Liberty, The Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, The Empire State Building, the World Trade Center (in place, …read more
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]]> http://schalkenbach.org/rsf-1/in-your-face/feed/ 0 Have the seeds of world war III been sown? Dig out the rents before it’s too late. http://schalkenbach.org/rsf-1/have-the-seeds-of-world-war-iii-been-sown-dig-out-the-rents-before-its-too-late/ http://schalkenbach.org/rsf-1/have-the-seeds-of-world-war-iii-been-sown-dig-out-the-rents-before-its-too-late/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:45:00 +0000 vajra http://schalkenbach.org/rsf-1/have-the-seeds-of-world-war-iii-been-sown-dig-out-the-rents-before-its-too-late/ By Jacob Shwartz-Lucas

Optimal Policies for Avoiding World War III. Debt, Depression and the final Crisis of Capitalism.

Economic commentator Fred Harrison describes how Land Value Tax could help avert the coming crisis in …read more
Source: Work and Wealth  

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