Henry George Foundation Open Day
The Land Trap and the Growth Paradigm: Liberation from the Tyranny of Ideas
In-person at 11 Mandeville Place, London W1U 3AJ and online via Zoom
Saturday 12 September 2026, 9.30am - 5.30pm
09:30 Welcome and Introduction
09:45 Michael Carden - the emergence of land value taxation in the upcoming election in New Zealand
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Martin Whitlock - The communicative power of striking visual imagery
12:45 Break
14:15 Professor Gareth Dale - The seventeenth century origins of the ‘growth paradigm’
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Mike Bird - a tour of his fascinating and important new book The Land Trap
17:30 Close
In association with the School of Philosophy and Economic Science
Please send any queries about the event to Andrew Purves, HGF Treasurer
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