Thanks, Peter! I've been looking for an article that connects the dots between the theory and the concrete implementation, and I couldn't find one. So I decided to write it myself!
I linked your piece to 2 videos by the same channel that have excellent ideas on making positive changes. They need to partner with Gesellians and Georgists, but they don't know it yet. Here's what I wrote, and I'll include the url's of the 2 videos as well.
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This is an excellent channel. So many of the remedies prescribed here must be preceded by a change of what is considered private property - meaning property used in business for profit. If we want to continue to live in a capitalist world, we have to look at the ideas of Henry George, the American economist of the 19th century whose 1879 book, Progress & Poverty, shows us what truly fair capitalism looks like. In short, tax heavily all unearned income/privilege and un-tax all earned income. Unearned income and privilege come from speculation and monopoly, which themselves are predicated on money being hoarded and not spent. Along with Henry George, another 19th/early 20th century economist named Silvio Gesell wrote about money and removing its unearned and therefore harmful components.
Here is a recent article on something that most people have never heard of; the experience of Wörl, Austria in the year 1932. It's very short and well worth the time. The ideas of Henry George and Silvio Gesell are how we get from the terrible place capitalism is in today to a great place where effort pays and privilege doesn't.
Great article, Josh! Fun to read, so we’ll written.
This is easy to understand and makes sense. It's worth taking a shot at using Gesell's ideas rather than continuing to suffer with what we've got.
This is a great summary of Wörgl.
Thanks, Peter! I've been looking for an article that connects the dots between the theory and the concrete implementation, and I couldn't find one. So I decided to write it myself!
I linked your piece to 2 videos by the same channel that have excellent ideas on making positive changes. They need to partner with Gesellians and Georgists, but they don't know it yet. Here's what I wrote, and I'll include the url's of the 2 videos as well.
*****
This is an excellent channel. So many of the remedies prescribed here must be preceded by a change of what is considered private property - meaning property used in business for profit. If we want to continue to live in a capitalist world, we have to look at the ideas of Henry George, the American economist of the 19th century whose 1879 book, Progress & Poverty, shows us what truly fair capitalism looks like. In short, tax heavily all unearned income/privilege and un-tax all earned income. Unearned income and privilege come from speculation and monopoly, which themselves are predicated on money being hoarded and not spent. Along with Henry George, another 19th/early 20th century economist named Silvio Gesell wrote about money and removing its unearned and therefore harmful components.
Here is a recent article on something that most people have never heard of; the experience of Wörl, Austria in the year 1932. It's very short and well worth the time. The ideas of Henry George and Silvio Gesell are how we get from the terrible place capitalism is in today to a great place where effort pays and privilege doesn't.
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https://youtu.be/hK7agOPye6M
https://youtu.be/7BO6KuR2BSU
Keep up the great work!