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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Edward J. Dodson


[Updated 30 July, 2010]


Edward J. Dodson currently resides in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He may be contacted by email at: ejdodson@comcast.net



TEACHING EXPERIENCE


  • Member of the faculty of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA since 2008. Courses taught: Understanding our Political Economy (a two-semester course that presents both economic theory and the history of the development of economics as a displine as compared with political economy); Five Champions of Liberty (a ten-week course examining the lives and legacies of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Henry George and Winston Churchill)
  • Member of the faculty of the Henry George School of Social Science, 413 South 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA since 1981. Courses taught: The Science of Political Economy (a three-course program based on the works of Henry George); The Search for the Just Society (an interdisciplinary approach to the development of human civilizations)
  • Seminar lectures: The 2010 Global Economic Crisis, examining business cycles and the pivotal role of land markets; Death by Debt Strangulation, an analysis of the origin and causes of the 2007 meltdown of U.S. financial and property markets
  • Narrated versions of the above lectures and other presentations, including The Poverty Paradox, a perspective on the appearance of systemic poverty in societies and the history of attempts by reformers to identify the causes and promote solutions. These presentations are available online at www.authorstream.com
  • Professional seminars and workshops on real estate economics and how government ought to raise needed revenue


PUBLISHED WORKS


  • Articles published in the socio-political journal Land & Liberty (London). Commentaries on the U.S. and world economy, essays on U.S. and world history and related subjects.
  • Articles published in the bi-monthly publication of Common Ground, U.S.A., GroundSwell. Commentaries on the U.S. economy, housing sector, banking, tax policy and related subjects.
  • Research papers on home ownership and the global financial system published by the Center for the Study of Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Articles published in other periodicals, including GeoPhilos, Focus Magazine and the Philadelphia Economist.
  • Book titled The Discovery of First Principles, the first and second of three volumes published in 2002 and 2003 by iUniverse publishers. The third volume has been released in an online format at the School of Cooperative Individualism website.
  • A complete library of written articles, commentaries and research papers -- both published and unpublished, available on-line in the library of the School of Cooperative Individualism website


EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS


  • Master of Liberal Arts degree, Temple University (1990). Concentration in history, economics and political science. Thesis paper, Challenges To The Global Monetary Structure, available on-line in the School of Cooperative Individualism library.
  • Bachelor degree, Business Administration, Shippensburg University (1973).
  • Additional professional certification work in real estate finance and mortgage banking.


CURRENT PROJECTS


  • Founded the School of Cooperative Individualism in 1997 as an internet-based educational project. The school's website includes an extensive library of materials on political economy by contributing authors and sources available in the public domain. The website is searchable via all major search engines and using the specialized search engine at "Askhenry.com." Other SCI website resources include an encyclopedia on political economy (with extensive links to related information and websites), a searchable data base of the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson, a biographical history of the Georgist movement and a data base of quotes on "the land question."
  • Websites developed for the Philadelphia extension of the Henry George School of Social Science, the 2000 and 2003 Conferences of the Council of Georgist Organizations, the Centre for Land Policy Studies (London), Thomas Paine Friends, and several other organizations and groups.


PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND


  • Senior Housing and Community Development Business Manager, Fannie Mae, Northeast Regional Office, Philadelphia, Pa. (1985 thru January 2005). Other positions held.
  • Assistant Vice President and Manager of Residential Mortgage Lending, Provident National Bank, Philadelphia, Pa. (1979-1984)
  • Staff Accountant, Provident Realty, Inc. (a subsidiary of Provident National Bank) (1977-1979)
  • Office Manager, K.S. Sweet Associates, King of Prussia, Pa. (1973-1977)