This year we'll be getting together in the St. Louis, Missouri area — for an event focused on networking, meeting old friends, battery-recharging and enriching understanding.

C LICK H ERE TO REGISTER . PDF V ERSION OF THE C ONFERENCE B ROCHURE . Schedule Thursday, July 27th 7:30-9:30 PM Opening Reception

Local host Al Katzenberger and President Dan Sullivan welcome us to St.Louis and discuss the issues before this conference. Friday, July 28th 8:10 - 8:50 AM Each morning: Open Mike 9 - 10:30 Local Issues: "Puppy Training & American Economic Disaster" Don Killoren on the neglect of real estate in St. Louis, and Andrew Theising on how land value tax would revitalize the East. St. Louis waterfront. 10:45 - 12 LVT Efforts from State to State Josh Vincent on progress in Connecticut and Pennsylvania. 12:15 - 1:30 Lunch - CGO Member Reports 1:45 - 2:45 PM Market-Value Property Tax in Ontario: Overall Success, with Caveats Erich Jacoby-Hawkins, with Ted Gwartney as respondent. 3 - 4 Tale of Two Megacities Gordon Abiama and Lindy Davies compare and contrast the political economies, and public revenue challenges, of Lagos, Nigeria and New York City. 4:15 - 5 Research for Land Value Tax Policy Implementation Alanna Hartzok discusses a project designed to help mayors work to shift their municipal revenue toward LVT in cities around the world. Dinner on your own. 7:3- - ? Each evening: Selected Georgist Videos in the room next to the bar. Saturday, July 29th 9 - 10:15 Theories of Rent Distribution Jeff Graubart explores what natural law tells us, and Nic Tideman makes the case for voluntary global rent-sharing. 10:30 - 11:45 The People's Endowment: Common Resources and Basic Income Karl Widerquist and Vitnarae Kang explore this powerful set of tools for eliminating poverty. 12 - 1:30 PM Lunch - special guest Anthony Werner on "A Principled Approach to Economics." 1:45 - 2:45 Bill Batt Reports on eight new Georgist books on varied applications overseas. 2:45 - 3:45 Gordon Abiama on "The Georgist Philosophy, Africa and the Ecovillage Connection." 4 - 5 Book launch! Progress and Poverty: The Annotated Works of Henry George, V. 2. Brendan Hennigan hosts a panel including Ted Gwartney, Nic Tideman and Erich Jacoby-Hawkins — with selected readings, and audience participation. Dinner on your own. Sunday, July 30th 9 - 10:15 Tools for Measuring Success with Brendan Hennigan. 9 - 10:15 Dan Sullivan presents a video/discussion of excerpts from Ralph Nader's "It’s Easier Than You Think." 9 - 10:15 Josh Vincent addresses "What Works and What Doesn't, in an Era of Polarization." 12 - 1 Lunch - CGO Member Reports 1:15 - 2 John Kelly discusses What to advocate, if LVT isn’t an immediate option. 2 - 3 Lindy Davies offers a Georgist interpretation of Karl Polanyi's concepts of "Commodification of Land, Labor and Money." 3 - 5:30 CGO Business Meeting 7 - 9 Gala Banquet Our keynote speaker will be Mike Curtis, on "Bridging the Left-Right Divide." - CGO Awards - Monday, July 31st 9 - 10:30 AM Farewell Breakfast The Law of Rent never changes, but our schedule may - without notice. Contacts: Scott & Sue Walton, conference administrators

PO Box 57, Evanston IL 60204

Phone: (847) 209-0047

e-mail: sns@swwalton.com



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