Poverty is not Natural — Who Captures the Value of Progress?
Why can a society become dramatically more productive while poverty remains?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using Poverty is not Natural by George Curtis as our lens, this episode investigates the argument that persistent poverty may involve more than insufficient wages, charity, welfare, or economic growth.
Drawing heavily on Henry George, Curtis focuses attention on land and economic rent—the value generated by location, scarcity, infrastructure, population growth, and surrounding economic activity. His central argument is that society can…
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