By Catherine Cashmore The proposal to cut the company tax rate from 30% to 25% has received much media attention. We are repeatedly told it is needed to boost investment. The rational follows that companies are more likely to invest in productivity if they don’t have to pay as much tax on their gross income. It […]
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Trickle Up Economics: The Report
Assessing the impact of privatized land rent on economic growth by Gavin R. Putland Executive Summary This report investigates the relationship of the land rent share of GDP with economic growth. Since the Second World War, there has been a negative correlation between Australia’s total land price and the rate of economic growth. The public […]
Read MoreA farmer’s plea
The Need for Economic Democracy by Mark Haywood “Our planet is small at last, and we will not forever be able to seek prosperity in the impoverishment of others and the destruction of nature. Ecology compels us, finally, to ask if there is a decent future for any if there is not a […]
Read MoreTrickle-Up Economics Report Launch
Speakers: Dr. Gavin Putland & Dr. Polly Cleveland Date: Wednesday, April 18 Time: 6pm Location: Prosper Australia Level 1, 64 Harcourt Street, North Melbourne Company tax cuts are favoured by government, wage rises by the opposition. We all want a vibrant economy and the dignity of work. What if there was a policy transition that turned […]
Read MoreIf land prices escalate, wages must suffer
In an interesting article in the Fairfax media today, purporting to provide the truth about declining wages in Australia, Jessica Irvine and Adam Gartrell fail to mention that David Ricardo, Adam Smith, JS Mill and Henry George had all said that land rent needs to be taxed away if wages and profits are to receive their […]
Read MoreProsper’s Northern Territory Revenue Submission
The Northern Territory Government’s Revenue Discussion paper submissions have come to a close. Prosper’s Submission focuses on supporting the NT Government in shifting towards a broad based Land Value Tax and further improving existing Royalty arrangements. The submission is briefly summarised below. Facilitate the shift from Stamp Duty to Land Tax Stamp duties The NT […]
Read MoreTo a Fair Share of Nature’s Rent
An excellent new video commissioned by Bryan Kavanagh, explaining how a fairer economy must include sharing the naturally rising value of natural resources.
Read MoreProposed removal of Site Value rating option
James Webster Parkdale, VIC 3195 March 7th 2018, Dear DELWP, I object to key changes in the Local Government Act Review that undermine the revenue sovereignty of local Councils. I consider revenue sovereignty crucial to council’s political sovereignty. I strongly oppose the removal of Site Value Rating from the legislative framework on the grounds […]
Read MoreVictorian local government to ban site value rating?
Local Government Rating Review submission The two most thoroughgoing inquiries into Australian municipal rating have proven to be:- 1) the 1965-1967 NSW Royal Commission on Local Government Finance and Land Valuation, under Justice Rae Else-Mitchell, and 2) the 1989 Brisbane Committee of Inquiry into Valuation and Rating, under Sir Gordon Chalk. Both inquiries came out […]
Read MoreThe Monthly Discussion
Geo-libertarianism: Across the left-right divide When: Tuesday March 6 Time: 6pm Where: Level 1, 64 Harcourt St, North Melbourne Presenter: Ed Dodson (USA) Cost: Free. All welcome. Here is the video stream of the event. Excuse the skipping frames. Audio good! Come along for the March instalment of our regular discussion night. If […]
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