The Henry George School Podcast

For today’s episode, Mary Pilon, author of The Monopolists, explains how Monopoly began as a Georgist teaching tool. In 1904 Lizzie Magie patented The Landlord’s Game to show what happens when land rent goes to owners instead of the community. The game spread through single tax circles for thirty years before Charles Darrow sold it to Parker Brothers as his own. Mary Pilon is a New York Times best...

For today’s episode, Evan Atlas introduces Prosperity, a digital version of The Landlord’s Game, and discusses the history of Lizzie Magie’s original Georgist board game. He explains why both Magie and he see games as powerful educational tools. Evan Atlas is an interdisciplinary philosopher, writer, entrepreneur, and game designer. He is the author of three books and writes Mapping with Atlas on...

For today’s episode, Edward Dodson discusses what he sees as the systemic problems facing the American economy and society. He proposes unique solutions that require thinking and action, which to this point have escaped not only most elected officials but also economists and other social thinkers. Mr. Dodson attended Shippensburg University and Temple University where he received an economics degr...

For today’s episode, panelists Lucas Bernard, Stephen Giannetti, Sean Hagen, Caridad Muñoz, and Dr. Marty Rowland weigh in on the future impact of AI adoption and whether it will bring more progress or poverty. To check out more of our content, including our research and policy tools, visit our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.hgsss.org/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  

For today’s episode, Edward Dodson examines the evolution in King’s thinking on how to address the issue of extreme poverty and the major ideas and events that influenced his life and work. Mr. Dodson attended Shippensburg University and Temple University where he received an economics degree. Ed worked for Fannie Mae, a public-private partnership to help distribute home mortgage loans. During his...

For today’s episode, Greg Miller and Lars Doucet from the Center for Land Economics discuss vacant land being undervalued in Baltimore compared to utilized lots and what the mismatches mean for speculation, development, and fairness. Greg Miller is Co-Founder of the Center for Land Economics. He brings experience from his role as a Program Analyst in the Office of Policy Development and Research a...

For today’s episode, four panelists (Prof. Hironori Washizaki, Prof. Willi Semmler, Prof. Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan, and Tato Khundadze) take part in a discussion on the extent of AI adoption in Japan, Germany, Armenia, and Georgia, who is truly benefitting from it, and what can be done to ensure that the technological progress is shared with everyone. To check out more of our content, including our...

Professor John Muellbauer is a Senior Research Fellow of Nuffield College and a Senior Fellow of the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Econometric Society. He is best known for his work on household economics, housing markets, and on finance-real economy interactions. He has worked with many central banks and the OECD...

For today’s episode, Honey B. Blues leads a discussion on what was lost when only the "winner-take-all" version of Lizzie Magie's The Landlord's Game was commercialized. Honey B. Blues is an independent economic researcher and the author of the upcoming book  Independent Economics: The People’s Guide to Moral Wealth and Perpetual Prosperity . Her work focuses on rediscovering for...

For today’s episode, Ed Dodson leads a discussion on Robert Morris, an American patriot in Revolutionary America. The origin story of the United States of America is filled with numerous twists and turns. The fact that the people and leaders of the 13 British colonies managed to earn their independence from the 18th century’s most powerful naval and land power was anything but certain. However, wi...

For today’s episode, Ed Dodson leads a discussion on Robert Morris, an American patriot in Revolutionary America. The origin story of the United States of America is filled with numerous twists and turns. The fact that the people and leaders of the 13 British colonies managed to earn their independence from the 18th century’s most powerful naval and land power was anything but certain. However, wi...

For today’s episode, host Josh Sidman sat down with Willem Buiter ,  Ahmed Anwar  and  Felix Fuders  for a roundtable discussion on interest. Interest has been a controversial subject since ancient times, drawing censure from all of the world’s major religions as well as important thinkers including Aristotle. But why does interest exist in the first place? Why does money have the power to grow? A...

For today’s episode, host Josh Sidman sat down with Nicolas Franka to discuss why money is broken, why reform movements so often work in silos, and what it would look like to build a real dialogue across competing monetary reformers. Nicolas Franka  is an economist and founder of the Monetary Diversity network. His work focuses on alternative monetary systems and complementary currencies. He explo...

For today’s episode, host Josh Sidman sat down with Guido Preparata to discuss Silvio Gesell's monetary economics, the nature and origin of interest, and the controversial relationship between Gesell and John Maynard Keynes. Guido Preparata  is an Italian-American economist who currently resides in Umbria, Italy. He did his PhD in Political Economy at the University of Southern California and...

For today’s episode, host Josh Sidman sat down with Felix Fuders to discuss the problems caused by the unnatural monetary system and potential solutions. Felix Fuders  is originally from Germany and is a professor of economics at the Universidad Austral de Chile, where he is the Director of the Economics Institute and the head of the Right Livelihood College. He is also the chairman of the Natural...

For today’s episode, host Josh Sidman sat down with Christian Gelleri to discuss Chiemgauer, a regional currency in Bavaria, Germany. Christian Gelleri  is a PhD candidate in economics at the University of Siegen in Germany and a leading innovator in the complementary currency space. He is the creator of the Chiemgauer, a regional currency in Bavaria, Germany which is intended to increase local em...

For today’s episode, host Josh Sidman sat down with Carlos Louge to discuss the life and ideas of Silvio Gesell (specifically, his thoughts on Keynes). Carlos Louge  is the Founder and Director of the Silvio Gesell Institute in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A lawyer and economist by training, Carlos has worked in the areas of alternative exchange systems and complementary currencies since the 1990s. He...

Today’s discussion was recorded in August of 2025 between me, Nathan Greene, and our returning guest, Dr. Ansel Schiavone. Before we get into today’s discussion, I have some updates for you all regarding the show. I have some bittersweet news to share: this is my final episode hosting the podcast. After 178 episodes, I, your host, Nathan Greene, am unfortunately moving on to a new role. I am an in...

What does it mean to be an economist? It’s something I have thought a lot about. I graduated from St. John’s with a bachelor's degree in economics, and I have been fascinated by it ever since. But, through reading, networking, job interviews, and taking courses on other subjects, I’ve begun to lose sight of what exactly an economist is, or what they are supposed to do. If you work for a tech o...

If you’ve listened to this series before, you know I’m not a fan of the “physics envy” plaguing economics. I find a lot of the most relevant economic research to be overly mathematical, loquacious, and lacking a grounding in reality. One example I constantly hear about is GDP growth. Economists strive for never-ending economic expansion and assume this is possible. But this violates the law of the...

Today’s conversation was about a topic I’ve covered a few times now: Universal Basic Income (UBI). Most of my work on UBI has been about its benefits, especially how it can be used as a tool for poverty alleviation. And while I think the economic rationale for UBI justifies itself, others make a more ethical appeal to its justification. The more heterodox side of the left tends to focus on the mor...

Today’s discussion originates from our 2025 Annual Conference, The Rise of AI and Automation. Today’s episode is part of our fourth and final panel, “AI and Inequality – Are our Social Safety nets up to the task?”. Our panel today is led by our returning guest, Mr. Steve Shafarman. Mr. Shafarman has been a universal basic income (UBI) proponent since the 1980s. He is the program director of Basic...

Today’s discussion originates from our 2025 Annual Conference, The Rise of AI and Automation. This week and next, we’ll feature a series of panel discussions from our conference. Today’s episode is part of our fourth and final panel, “AI and Inequality – Are our Social Safety nets up to the task?”. Our panel today is led by Mr. Anthony Gill. Anthony Gill is an Australia-based professional aviator...

Today’s discussion comes from our 2025 Annual Conference, The Rise of AI and Automation. This week and next, we’ll feature a series of panel discussions from our conference. Today’s episode is part of our second panel, “Practical Applications of AI – Land Assessment Test Project”, and will be followed by our final discussion on AI and Inequality. Our panel is led by Greg Miller and Lars Doucet. Th...

Today’s discussion comes from our 2025 Annual Conference, The Rise of AI and Automation. For the next 4 weeks, we’ll feature a series of panel discussions from our conference. Today’s episode is part of our second panel, “Does AI Have an Ethics Problem?”, and will be followed by 2 panels on Practical Applications of AI and AI and Inequality. Our panel is led by Tom Rossman and was recorded in June...