Archive for May, 2007

$1 Trillion Strangled by Taxes

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

New report points to major recession A study of 34 years of the Australian property market has resulted in a 28 page report, Unlocking the Riches of Oz: A Case study of the Social and Economic Costs of Real Estate Bubbles (1972 to 2006). Bryan Kavanagh, Director of the Land Values Research Group (LVRG) has [...]

Tax System Encourages Asset Bubbles

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Property bubbles creating unaffordable housing and recession A study of 34 years of the Australian property market has resulted in a 28 page report, Unlocking the Riches of Oz: A Case study of the Social and Economic Costs of Real Estate bubbles (1972 to 2006). Bryan Kavanagh, Director of the Land Values Research Group (LVRG) [...]

Economics for Activists

Friday, May 18th, 2007

Tuesday evenings in May, 6.15pm – 8pm, starting May 1st Ever wanted to read between the lines of the newspaper? Arm yourself with the tools of modern warfare as Karl Fitzgerald takes you through the key understandings required to ‘follow the money’. Topics covered: Economic terminology – the basic framework Economic History via: The Classical [...]

Differential Rate – Bruce Every

Saturday, May 5th, 2007

Manningham Leader Dear Sir, I am appalled at the ignorance displayed by the councilors and ratepayers alike reported in the Manningham Leader with respect to the rating system in connection with the differential rates to be applied to vacant land. Differential rates are wrong because they are arbitrary and unnecessary if the correct rating base, [...]