by Karl Fitzgerald | Dec 28, 2009 | Commentary
photo credit: kevindooley Michael Hudson Originally posted at Counter Punch Paul Samuelson, America’s best known economist, died on Sunday Dec 13th. He was awarded the Nobel prize for economics, (founded one year earlier by a Swedish bank in 1970 “in honor of Alfred...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Dec 21, 2009 | Commentary
photo credit: mugley The plot thickens with Glenn Milne reporting THE Federal Government’s biggest tax inquiry in more than two decades is set to propose a national land tax, a new resource tax and a congestion tax for clogged cities. The Henry Review, by...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Dec 17, 2009 | Commentary
photo credit: D.Reichardt Regarding NZ’s Buckley Tax Review, Promises and Costs of a Land Tax : On the one hand, a land tax would induce farmers to make the best possible use of their land, since the tax would be levied regardless of whether the land was in...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Dec 14, 2009 | Commentary
photo credit: Compound Eye – on Fall 09 Colorado Review cover Gordon Brown’s increasingly populist policies have leapt to a new level of desperation. Reflecting the severity of the economic malaise in England, the British government has announced a new 50%...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Dec 11, 2009 | Commentary
photo credit: ViaMoi Mining and finance are the big winners in the devolving economic model we endure. With the concentration of big business so great, those with control of scarce resources or scarce employment opportunities are able to lean on working classes and...