As the newly elected President of the Georgist Education Association Inc of Western Australia I would like to thank the members for their confidence in me and welcome members and visitors to future meetings of our organization.

My particular aim is to understand why Georgism has still not attained its rightful place in economics worldwide; how and why Georgism, despite its sound programme of curbing land speculation, has continually and repeatedly been sidelined from mainstream economic thought.

The future of Georgist development and political organization depends on such understanding, since the laudatory efforts of the Schalkenbach Foundation in separating Georgism from the explicitly Christian roots of its founder have not relieved the general anti-Georgist attitude prevailing in mainstream economics.

Consequently, a better philosophical appreciation among Georgists is now a pressing need, so I hope to be able to fill this significant gap in our understanding.

Given that Human-induced Global Warming and generalized capitalist economic decline are both setting in severely worldwide, the time for a Georgist Renaissance is overdue, so I would like to focus our efforts in improving and clarifying our understanding so as to put out a more effective message to potential audiences.

Yours faithfully,

Mark Lofts

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