Learning history’s failed economics?

“The relevance of Moses’ economics to our own tax-burdened days is startling” proclaimed The Viking Press’ blurb for Francis Neilson’s book “The Eleventh Commandment” on its release in 1933. However, during those early days of the Great Depression, policy makers made...

An obituary

RIP Australia   Australia was not overrun and defeated. It became dead at heart, and the rot and canker spread to its extremities. Federally, proportional representation elected only the Senate, because rent-seekers who divided and ruled the nation charged that...

Love to hear Bob Dylan sing this

Blowin’ in the wind Why must we be fined with tax, for workin’ for the nation? Yes, ‘n’ how much time will it take before … we’ll quit our occupation? Why won’t we turn where the tax breaks are, in real ’state speculation? The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in...

We the Selectorati

Some advice Once you’ve understood that you’re only on this planet for a short period, certain things should become clear to you. Namely, there’s only a few people who are life’s winners; the vast majority will die losers. Whilst workers and capitalists...

Economic depressions 101.0

Economic depression for dummies Let’s say labour joins with capital and land to produce wealth, and that the locational rent of land arises as a by-product, simply from the existence of the surrounding community and its infrastructure. Say, for some reason or other,...