Advanced Courses

All of the courses on this list are open to students who have completed Fundamental Economics. Each class meets weekly for ten weeks. You can register online right here.

Applied Economics: The Globalization Issue

Part 2 of Principles of Political Economy.

  • Who benefits from globalization? Explore the dynamics of international trade.
  • Is the World Trade Organization only on the side of the large corporations?
  • How does monopolization of natural resources such as oil and water affect you?

  • Tuesday, September 14th

    - 1 pm - Ms. Pia DeSilva
    - 6 pm - Mr. Andrew Mazzone

  • Thursday, September 16th

    - 6 pm - Dr. M. R. Mukeni Beya (in French)

Economic Science: Progress and Prosperity

Part 3 of Principles of Political Economy.

  • How is wealth measured today?
  • When the Gross Domestic Product goes up, why aren't we better off?
  • Which economic laws still apply today?

  • Wednesday, September 15th

    - 6 pm - Dr. Cay Hehner

  • Wednesday, September 15th

    - 6 pm - Dr. Quisia González (in Spanish)

Human Rights

Inalienable rights took millennia to establish. Study the classic declarations; analyze their basic concepts using A Perplexed Philosopher by Henry George.

  • Monday, September 13th - 6 pm - Dr. Quisia González
  • Tuesday, September 14th - 6 pm - Dr. Quisia González (in Spanish)

3-D Economics: History of Land

This course is part of the new trilogy of advanced courses with History of Land and History of Labor. The textbook will be Mason Gaffney’s The Corruption of Economics

  • Monday, September 13th - 6:30 pm - Mr. Vesa Nelson

Land and Literature: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Hawthorne is one of the prime analysts of the Puritan mindset of the U.S. foundation period. The Calvinist elites main sign of worldly success was measured in land ownership. This course looks at the Georgist implications of Hawthorne’s writings.

  • Tuesday, September 14th - 6 pm - Mr. Vesa Nelson

Filosofía de la Vida

Cual es el sentido de la vida? Hay una ley natural exitosa? Con el ejemplo de Oscar Geiger, fundador de la escuela Henry George, viajamos a traves de la ética, lógica, y política para descubrir el valor practico de las sistemas metafísicos.

  • Wednesday, September 15th - 6:30 pm - Sr. Ramón Alvarez

Pathways to Progress

Analysis and discussion of domestic and international issues through the Georgist lens of "correct thought - right action."

  • Thursday, September 16th - 6 pm - Mr. Billy Fitzgerald