The Henry George Program

Jake Berman on Lost Subways, and finding our way forward

Jake Berman is the author of The Lost Subways of North America, a book full of maps and histories of metro areas and the transit they've lost; what can we learn from this erosion of public infrastructure, and what do we need to do to build something better?

"An Introduction to Land Value Tax", with Stephen Hoskins

Something new: an attempt at actually creating an introductory episode to Land Value Tax. Why *should* anyone care?

Joshua B. Freeman on Garden Apartments, and the Secret Policy that Juiced Apartment Building

Joshua B. Freeman, professor of history at Queens College CUNY, and author of "Garden Apartments: The History of a Low-Rent Utopia", is here to discuss to discuss this almost invisible history of combining greenspace with dense low-rise apartments. We cover the radical ideology (georgist and otherwise) that inspired this movement, compare it against European social housing, and discuss how it actually came into action in the New Deal and beyond. Special focus on the secret history of Section 608, and how subtle policy details in government insurance of mortgages for rental apartments turbo-charged their production. What can we learn from this for the future of production of missing middle, social housing, and more?

Sy Adler on the Birth of BART, Interregional Competition, and Real Estate Development

Sy Adler, professor of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University, is here to talk about his 1980 manuscript, Redundancy in Public Transit - Vol III. The Political Economy of Transit in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-63, which documents the complicated political territory in various metros and sub-metros that led to the birth of BARTD. We also discuss the rise of municipal ownership in bus agencies, real estate development, land value capture, sprawl, and much more.

Daniel Wortel-London on Land Values, Growth, and the Menace of Prosperity

We have on Daniel Wortel-London to discuss his new book "The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865–1981", which covers a century of ideological evolution as to urban economics, growth strategies, the georgist movement, sprawl, and much more; in what ways can the political topography of 19th century urban politics still tell us about the future of modern cities?