Cooperation
vs. Dog Eat Dog
Zoom
Interview with Steve Sklar
Cooperation vs. Dog Eat Dog
Sunday, June 7, 2
PM Eastern, 11 AM Pacific, 7 PM Greenwich
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Steve Sklar reflects on the respective merits of two
rival views of how we ought most wisely to live in society, one that
might be called the Dog-Eat-Dog View and the other, the Cooperative
View. He considers relevant insights of Henry George, including
the persistent influence of the Wages Fund Theory, the main source of
adulation accorded to “alphas,” and the roles that various types of
cooperation play in the production of wealth. He will also
ruminate on these two rival world views from the perspective of the
Covid-19 pandemic.
Steve has given talks on Henry George’s insights at the
Ethical Culture Society of Essex County, New Jersey, and at Arden,
Delaware. For three years he taught courses on George’s writings
at the Henry George School of Social Science in Manhattan. His parents
introduced him to those writings when Steve was a teenager. His
father, the late Dave Sklar, taught the Progress and Poverty course at the
George School in New York for 17 years.
Steve practices immigration law. Before becoming a lawyer, he
worked in film and video production. His hobbies include
storytelling and group improvisation.
Steve's videos include the following: Things Once Seen is his talk
at Arden, Delaware's Henry George Day Dinner. "Your Call Is Important To Us, or, Fun With Bureaucracy" is a lighthearted piece about the annoyances of dealing with impersonal conglomerates. "The Phelps Park Affair"
is about a lesson from his childhood. It highlights his skill as a
story teller and has a lesson that is related to competition. He also
does interesting improvisational theater.
Dan Sullivan (host) is the director of Saving Communities and president of the Council of Georgist Organizations. Since 1978, he has led successful campaigns that resulted in several shifts to land value tax in Pittsburgh and in other Pennsylvania cities. He has been called to testify on tax economics by state legislative committees, Congressional sub-committees, and economic reform organizations in multiple countries, and his work has been featured in many publications, from The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Pittsburgh Press to Fortune Magazine.
Videos: Pittsburgh's 1990 Tax Swap [56:31]; The Politics of Reason [1:06:14]