Jonathan Cobb

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January 17, 2008
Jonathan wrote Re: Do we own the land or does the land own us?
To think that any of us individually has an absolute right to own a piece of the earth is preposterous.  Taken to its logical extension, it means that some have the right to deny others the right t... Read More 
January 16, 2008
Jonathan wrote Re: What's the way out of poverty?
A relatively unknown economist named Henry George tackled this very issue in his 1879 book Progress and Poverty. In it, he showed how increase in land rent was responsible for continued poverty in... Read More 
January 16, 2008
Jonathan wrote Re: Re: Where does Jeff Sachs get it wrong?
I ALMOST agree with you. Yes, we should not have top-down solutions like Jeff Sachs is proposing. However, I don't think the free market will solve the problem by itself without a few reforms wit... Read More 
January 16, 2008
Jonathan wrote Re: Re: How should we address climate change?
You're right to be suspicious of ethanol as it's produced now. However, cellulosic ethanol is the key to getting off of oil. We will soon be able to cheaply and efficiently produce ethanol from c... Read More 
January 16, 2008
Jonathan wrote Re: How do we improve the world's economic systems?
Our problem is that we have been trapped in this dichotomy between capitalism and socialism, and the pathetic compromise known as welfare capitalism. In 1879, Henry George explained in his book Pr... Read More 

About Jonathan Cobb

Jonathan Cobb I moved to Portland in September 2006. I graduated from the University of Redlands in 2005 with a BA in Sociology and Anthropology. My interests range from spirituality and mysticism to politics and activism.