by David Collyer | Jul 13, 2010 | Commentary
photo credit: Trois Têtes (TT) In at least 18 major US cities, the trend to suburban living to escape the crowded squalor of inner areas is reversing. Older buildings are being remade as homes for the affluent after generations as slums. The collapse in US property...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Jul 10, 2010 | Commentary
Watch this masterful animation to an excellent speech by social theorist David Harvey: Continue on by reading two pieces in the world leading Financial Times newspaper. One by Michael Hudson on Latvia’s Third Option: As Europe’s banking crisis deepens, Greece’s...
by David Collyer | Jul 8, 2010 | Commentary
This week’s backdown by the federal labor government on the Mineral Resource Rent Tax will cost Australian taxpayers $35 billion over the next ten years. The shortfall in government revenues will be made up from taxes on work and taxes on business. That means it is...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Jul 2, 2010 | Articles, Commentary, Talking Points
photo credit: Urban~Spaceman Miners finally agree to tax reform. What are the changes? The attempt to harness economic rents for the public good has been renamed from the Resource Super Profits tax to the Mineral Resource Rent Tax. The MRRT kicks in at the...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Jul 2, 2010 | Commentary
When You've Paid Your Rent, You've Paid Your WayView more presentations from Prosper. Following Gavin’s recent presentation, we thought those of you who missed it might find this of interest. Flick through the 6 slides according to the audio below. Our...
