In-person at 11 Mandeville Place, London W1U 3AJ and online via Zoom
Saturday 14 September 2024
9.30am - 7.00pm
The online event will end at 6pm
HENRY GEORGE FOUNDATION OPEN DAY EVENT 2024
In association with The School of Philosophy and Economic Science
Please send any queries about the event to
Andrew Purves, HGF Treasurer andrew.purves@purves.co.uk
Programme
09:45 Welcome and Introduction
10:00 Beth Stratford: Rentier power on a finite planet - theoretical origins, future implications
Dr Beth Stratford is freelance economist, a founder member of the London Renters Union and Honorary Research Fellow at UCL. She was a lead author of Land for The Many, a report for the Labour Party, and a member of Labour's Sustainable Economics Working Group. Beth is an advisor to The Social Guarantee and Positive Money.
In her talk Rentier power on a finite planet: theoretical origins, future implications Beth will examine and interrogate the relationship between rent extraction and the growth dependency that characterises contemporary industrialised societies
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Martin Jacobson: Georgism and the liberal theory of class
Dr Martin Jacobson has a background in philosophy and political theory and recently successfully defended his doctoral thesis in political science at Uppsala University.
In his talk Georgism and the liberal theory of class Martin will attempt to situate the work of Henry George within the tradition of political thought developed by radical libertarians who seek to abolish what they see as exploitative capitalism in favour of genuinely freed markets.
12:30 Break
14:15 Joseph Milne: Economics and the common good
Dr Joseph Milne is retired lecturer in religious studies and medieval philosophy at the University of Kent. He is Editor of the HGF magazine Land & Liberty.
In his talk Economics and the Common Good Joseph will present a review of some of the classical and medieval ideas of social order and justice and an exploration of how they might suggest remedies to the economic and social crisis of our times.
15:15 Coffee Break
15:45 David Triggs: exploring the scope for public revenue without taxation in the UK
As a Chartered Engineer and Management Consultant, David Triggs specialised in the provision and management of public water services throughout the world. He has studied and taught the Science of Political Economy for nearly sixty years, having been introduced to the teachings of Henry George at The School of Philosophy and Economic Science in London, where he also studied and tutored philosophy.
In his talk Exploring the scope for public revenue without taxation in the UK David will assess some of the benefits that would arise if existing taxes on employment, production, and trade were replaced by collecting the rental value of land as public revenue.
17:00 Panel Discussion
18:00 The online event finishes
18:15 Evening reception for in-person attendance with drinks and tributes to Peter Bowman, Tommas Graves, Anthony Werner, John Cormack, Mark Wadsworth and Dave Wetzel