Citizens are entitled to RSPT
PM Gillard’s defiant speech to the Minerals Council of Australia yesterday – asserting national ownership of our mineral wealth and [...]
Read MoreTime to stop rewarding economists for bad behaviour
Reprinted from The Conversation. Since the beginning of the global financial crises in 2007, there have occurred numerous economic and [...]
Read MoreLVT and Land Use
Frank de Jong highlights how the privatisation of the naturally rising value of land plays out on a city and [...]
Read MoreTidal Race
Tidal Race. Definition: a stream of exceptionally fast tidal flow created when the tide is forced through a constriction. Australians [...]
Read MoreUnderstanding Cause and Effect
Reposted from Bryan Kavanagh’s thedepression.org.au, an excellent source of dissident economic analysis. It helps that he is correct. If you [...]
Read MoreAnother loser renovation
Corrected at 1730 to adjust (upward) the renovation figure. Many thanks, Steven Shaw for pointing out my error. Toby Johnstone [...]
Read MoreLand Rent = Job Creation
A nifty clip from our South African colleagues Karen Cooper and Peter Meakin. Of note is their useful method comparing [...]
Read MoreTax reform and climate change
The Productivity Commission has just released a draft report on climate change adaptation for public comment. The report examines economic [...]
Read MoreMuck in Marrickville
Today’s Sydney Morning Herald has a breathless article about a flipper couple who bought, renovated and have for sale a [...]
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