Henry George Address
Prosper Australia and the Victorian Georgist movement have proudly held an annual dinner to celebrate the teachings of Henry George since 1892. Around George’s birthday (2 September) we present a powerful presentation, dinner and discussion.
Henry George Commemoration Social 1910
The annual commemorative address has been presented by a wide variety of speakers. These include Walter Burley Griffin, Saul Eslake, Nicole Gurran, Fred Harrison, Dr Jim Cairns, Reverend Tim Costello and EJ Craigie.
In 1910 gramophone recordings of Lloyd George and Winston Churchill’s ‘The People’s Budget’ were played. In 1911 a Single Tax Comedy Drama ‘The Story of my Dictatorship’ was performed at the Austral Salon. In 2020 and 2021, the event was moved online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Join us for a night of intellectual discourse and celebration at the 133rd Annual Henry George Dinner and Address, to be held on Thursday, August 15th, 2024, at The Kelvin Club, Melbourne.
Prosper Australia’s Executive Committee invites you to join us as we pay tribute to the legacy of influential 19th-century economist and social reformer, Henry George. The Henry George Dinner has become a time-honoured tradition, bringing together thinkers, professionals, and changemakers who share a common passion for economic justice and social progress.
Date: Thursday, Aug 15 2024
Time: 6:30PM (Australian Eastern Standard Time)
Location: The Kelvin Club, 14-30 Melbourne Place, Melbourne, VIC 3000
This year, we are honoured to have Sock-Yong Phang, a distinguished economist and globally renowned housing economist, as our keynote speaker.
Sock-Yong Phang is the Celia Moh Chair Professor of Economics at the Singapore Management University.
A scholar of urban economics, Professor Phang obtained her PhD degree in economics from Harvard University in 1989 and has since published widely in the areas of housing and transportation economics.
She is the author of the books Policy Innovations for Affordable Housing in Singapore (2018), Housing Finance Systems: Market Failures and Government Failures (2013) and Housing Markets and Urban Transportation (1992) and has written several book chapters and journal articles on housing and transport economics and regulation. Bridging theory and practice, she has been a consultant to the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and various government organizations for several projects.
She has previously served as a board member of Singapore’s Urban Redevelopment Authority, the Land Transport Authority, the Public Transport Council, the Energy Market Authority, the Competition Commission of Singapore, and the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.
