Treasury to Gillard: “Fix Housing.”

by | Sep 30, 2010 | Articles

photo credit: itmpa Last week Treasury made public its Red Book – the economic advice it gives to the incoming government. In it, Treasury lays out a big, bold reform agenda.  On housing, the Red Book is scathing: “Access to adequate housing affects all Australians...

Event: Fairtrade Not Bandaids!

by | Sep 28, 2010 | Past Events

photo credit: net_efekt Thurs Oct 7th, 6.30pm, 1/ 27 Hardware Lane, Melbourne Karl Williams Wiki defintion: Fair trade is a financial relationship between producers, sellers, and consumers based on the principle of equity within the exchange of goods. Equity is...

Guardian, Labor on UK LVT Push

by | Sep 28, 2010 | Commentary

photo credit: Apogee Photography In today’s Guardian via Mark Braund, author of The Possibilities of Progress (available in our bookshop), summarises the rising impetus of LVT in UK politics. As a long-time supporter of land value taxation (LVT), it’s...

Global Recession Not Caused by Sub Prime loans

by | Sep 8, 2010 | Multimedia

photo credit: EssG So said David Giesen on Radio National’s Saturday Extra. Listen to David Giesen of the Henry George Historical Society of San Francisco . He recently appeared on the Renegade Economists radio show Earthlings for All (28/07/2010). Subscribe...