by Karl Fitzgerald | May 26, 2010 | Commentary, Letters to the Editor
photo credit: ~Brenda-Starr~ Letter to the Editor – AFR 25/05/2010 Bryan Kavanagh, Glen Waverley Ross Garnaut and Ken Henry are undoubtedly correct about the benefits of the so-called super-profits ‘tax’ on miners. It’s actually a resource rent and acts vastly...
by Karl Fitzgerald | May 25, 2010 | Articles, Commentary, Progress Magazine
Michael Hudson The Counter-Enlightenment, its Economic Program – and the Classical Alternative Based on a talk given to Prosper Australia on Friday October 16th, 2009. First published in Progress Magazine – Autumn 2010. Download Progress #1096 here. The last few...
by Karl Fitzgerald | May 21, 2010 | Commentary
photo credit: Ben Golub With Don Argus (former BHP Chair), Judith Sloan (former Santos Director) & Andrew Forrest (vested interest) banging their fists on the table this week, scaremongering the public – ‘How Dare They Threaten My Investments, My...
by David Collyer | May 21, 2010 | Commentary
photo credit: jcarter The Commonwealth of Australia was built on the sound principle natural resources are part of every Australian’s endowment. The Henry Tax Review recommended and the Rudd government has accepted a new tax system for mining that builds on...
by Karl Fitzgerald | May 17, 2010 | Articles
photo credit: Adam_T4 Michael Hudson and Shann Turnbull*
Confronted by the global financial crisis that is burying foreign economies deeper in debt deflation each month, Australia needs to protect itself – indeed, to liberate itself from as many costs and...