GAIC fails to sprawl

by | Feb 24, 2010 | Commentary

The Brumby government’s ill-fated Growth Areas Infrastructure Tax was defeated in the Victorian Senate last evening. This spells the danger of poor land policy. Why did they attempt to charge $95,000 per hectare as a flat fee? Why wasn’t this...

Raising Revenue from Mineral Deposits

by | Feb 17, 2010 | Progress Magazine

photo credit: ToOliver2   Dr Gavin Putland Taken from the Dec – Jan edition of Progress. Download Progress (8MB) If a “site” is a piece of ground or airspace, then the “rent” of the site is simple enough: it is the price per unit time that the highest...

Mental Health and Property Bubbles

by | Feb 16, 2010 | Commentary

photo credit: xeeliz Our colleague Gavin Putland is quoted in this article by Leon Gettler: Predicting when the property bubble will pop is bad for your mental health PROPERTY bubbles suspend laws of supply and demand. In markets for widgets, demand goes down when the...

The New Junk Economics: Hudson

by | Feb 11, 2010 | Commentary, Multimedia

It’s hard to keep up with Professor Hudson’s rapid fire work rate. Wash the dishes to these 2 key interviews. Guns and Butter – Obama’s Republican Class War Presidency – February 3, 2010 at 1:00pmClick to listen (or download) Guns and...