Director Ed Dodson has developed an interdisciplinary course on political economy based, in part, on the analysis of Henry George. Slide presentations for each lesson have been prepared using PowerPoint software, each module accompanied by detailed lecture notes.

This course material is available at no cost upon request by teachers without restriction on use. As a teacher you can modify the PowerPoint modules or revise the lectures to meet your classroom needs.

The design of the course is targeted to adult students, but is certainly within the reach of high school students who have had some introduction to economics and economic history.

A follow-up course on the History of Economic Theory and Policy is also available.

• Course Overview
• State of the United States Economy
• Who Was Henry George?
• The Rise of Economics and the Demise of Political Economy -- Part 1
• The Rise of Economics and the Demise of Political Economy -- Part 2
• The Essential Elements of Political Economy
• History Lessons About Land Settlement
• Natural Laws of Wealth Distribution
• Wealth Distribution Effects on Evolving Societies
• Money, Currency and Credit -- The Old World Origins
• Money, Currency and Credit -- in the United States
• The Root Cause of Economic Depressions
• Neoclassical Economic Theory: Holes in the Price Mechanism
• Residential Land Values and the Rent Fund
• The Current State of Land Markets
• The Case for the Taxation of Land's Rental Value
• Real World Experience with the Taxation of Land's Rental Value
• Improving How Government Raises Revenue
• Vision for a New Future