Reclaiming Our Land and Water: Michigan and the World
The Council of Georgist Organizations hosts its 35th North American Conference Tuesday, August 4th through Sunday, August 9th, 2015 in Southfield, Michigan.
April 27, 2015
Once Detroit was MOTOWN, the home of Mustangs, Chevies and Cadillacs, of Aretha, the Jacksons, the Temptations. What happened? How can it be turned around? How can other cities escape the suffering that Detroit has endured?
In the 1960s, in the town of Southfield, the Detroit suburb where this conference will take place, a forward-thinking Mayor, James Clarkson, and an expert Assessor (Ted Gwartney, who will be one of our featured speakers) implemented reforms that made Southfield one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. Southfield’s success reprised the tax and business climate Detroit enjoyed in the early 20th century, the policies that made it the USA's automotive capital.
This conference will explore that fascinating history, and bring together social scientists and reformers from around the world to focus on innovative solutions to today's most “intractable” economic problems. The Council of Georgist Organizations looks beyond the ideological limits of “Left” or “Right” to explore viable Third Way policy solutions that can move society toward greater equality, without sacrificing prosperity.
For rates and reservation information, please click here. And here’s a PDF version of our brochure.
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MARTIN ADAMS is a systems thinker and author. As a child, it pained him to see most people struggling while a few were living in opulence. This inspired in him a lifelong quest to co-create a fair and sustainable world in collaboration with others. As a graduate of a business school with ties to Wall Street, he opted not to pursue a career on Wall Street and chose instead to dedicate his life to community enrichment. Through his social enterprise work, he saw firsthand the extent to which the current economic system causes human and ecological strife. Consequently, Martin devoted himself to the development of a new economic paradigm that might allow humanity to thrive in harmony with nature. His book Land: A New Paradigm for a Thriving World is the fruit of his years of research into a part of this economic model; its message stands to educate policymakers and changemakers worldwide.