Progress & Poverty: part 1

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• Henry
• George
• School
• economics
• progress
• poverty

[eagleboy333]

Amazing! such clarity in just 10 minutes.. give us more!!

[heliad]

posting part 2 now & hopefully 3 also today, thanks for watching! please subscribe.

[SingleTax]

I have all of Henry George's books, and have been promoting his Single Tax remedy (mostly to deaf ears) for a decade. I'm so glad to finally see something that newcomers can watch rather than read. Thanks very much for posting. :-)

[butlmat]

I like this idea and promise to learn more. One question. You say 3 factors of production are Land, Labor, and Capital. OK . I remember that from high school economics. You then say something like "When all those three are working together..." Well, in practice that never happens. It takes an entrepreneur or a capitalist to achieve that. The capitalist identifies the ideal combination of land, labor, and capital, correct? Maybe this changes nothing, but you would you comment?

[amafuji]

"People do not argue with the teachings of [Henry] George, they simply do not know it. And it is impossible to do otherwise with his teaching, for he who becomes acquainted with it cannot but agree. ...Solving the land question means the solving of all social questions."

-Leo Tolstoy

Thanks for speaking about George.

[srlopmorales]

Estimados señores soy graduado de los cursos de Comprender la Economía que se han impartido acá en Nicaragua y solicitaría de ser posible subtitularan al Español estas entregas, para poder expandirlas, Gracias

[pirucreek]

I think you should read "Man The Hunter" you can read excerpts of it at google books look at p37. The natural state of man, man obtains food and materials from the non-owned natural world. The average work week is 18 hours. When he gets back to his tribe of 50, he shares his food with his neighbors. The rest of the night is a party. He does rent the land for his home, but pays no fees for it.

[mtl8484]

very well explained thank you very much

[brek067]

Interest and rent are very difficult to understand in Progress and Poverty. This guy says that capital is needed to acquire interest when George says that interest is a natural phenomenon such as grape juice into wine. Tools or capital only enhance interest. Proper storage, not capital, is one of the creators of interest. Please don't give up, this guy is the Newton of economics. lol

[magrathean0]

Very clearly explained...well done

[ourearthhome]

The idea of sharing the earth equitably has enormous resistance. The owners of earth have succeeded in playing to the fears and greed of humanity to the point that most of humanity agrees to a system which is totally against their best interests. That ears are deaf to these ideas is not surprising. Ears will not open until hearts open and for good reason. Good ideas based on altruism are often corrupted by the unredeemed egos projecting fear who take charge of applying them.

[bluepearlamma]

The idea of sharing the earth equitably has enormous resistance. The owners of earth have succeeded in playing to the fears and greed of humanity to the point that most of humanity agrees to a system which is totally against their best interests. That ears are deaf to these ideas is not surprising. Ears will not open until hearts open and for good reason. Good ideas based on altruism are often corrupted by the unredeemed egos projecting fear who take charge of applying them.