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Aug 29, 2002 1:08 pm
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I've started a new Yahoo group called truefreetrade (listed under 'concerns and issues')in order to debate the meaning and implications of true free trade as...
The question of free trade is a good one, and of course it belongs with the land question since there cannot be free trade with private ownership of land. The...
Are you suggesting that True Free Trade would be a more topical way into the land question? I agree with Joseph that Free Trade will be impossible with land...
Brian Edwards
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Oct 11, 2002 9:33 pm
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Yes, topicality is part of the reason for starting the true free trade group. My invitation to join goes beyond this group. My hope is that new people,...
Free trade and respect for the environment are natural outcomes of Henry George's single land valuation tax policy. However not all free traders or all...
Although Henry George was the leading figure in formulating a system of political economy based on the taxation of land values, several Georgist principles...
Thank you for this, Kevin. I am very pleased you have pointed this out. Others had certainly seen the Law of Rent before George - it is even in the Bible that...
Joseph, Thanks for your observations. I agree that apart from J.S.Mill, other people had also grasped the idea of the Law of Rent before Henry George. One can...
I don't know whether Henry George was a pantheist or not. His philosophy however is compatible with a lot of pantheist beliefs. The World Pantheist Movement...
For interested members there is a printable version of Henry George's "Progress and Poverty" on the net at: www.taxreform.com.au/HG/main.htm Kevin Hood...
Amen to that Kevin. Bernie Kevin Hood <kevinhoodistanbul@...> wrote:I don't know whether Henry George was a pantheist or not. His philosophy however is...
Was Henry George a pantheist? In the sense that he saw God's immutable Law operating in all parts of nature, including human society, yes he was. In so far...
Kevin, You said well enough what you said in your message. I wonder if you can recall where George speaks directly of Christianity? Somewhere he says that...
Joseph and Kevin, I am in your debt for elaborating a wonderful answer to what might have appeared an obtuse question. The possible relationship, if any, ...
Bernie and Joseph, Your comments are most interesting as we now covering a subject that has not been much discussed until now. I will have to do some homework...
Kevin, Firstly I would say that inspiration and logic are not entirely incompatible. However I totally agree that the non-political and non-religous grounds on...
Agreed Bernie, Inspiration and logic are not mutually exclusive. We have seen historical examples of their combining in movements like the Christian...
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Oct 25, 2002 12:04 pm
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Regarding message no.81 and Joseph's comments about Henry George and Christianity, I have posted a tract written by George called "The Wages of Labour". He...
Dear Joseph, As our group moderator, I wonder if you could tell me how to access these files, since I have forgotten my Yahoo password and ID - years ago! It ...
andrew johnston
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Oct 27, 2002 2:45 pm
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Dear Andrew, I have just checked in the group and you do not have a yahoo link for this group. You need to find your yahoo email address or create a new one...
This is a basic difference I have with most geoists. As a mutualist, I share your views on the central importance of landlordism in the system of ...
Kevin Carson
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Oct 31, 2002 7:11 pm
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Although the present-day Rochedale cooperative movement has the unanswerable argument of success on its side, it has regrettably lost some favorable features...