by David Collyer | Sep 11, 2014 | Articles
Prosper Australia shocked the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into Housing affordability with the view we have no supply constraints – because rents haven’t budged. They have been hearing from every vested interest that Supply! Supply!! Supply!...
by David Collyer | Sep 4, 2014 | Commentary
Henry George has been called the most original American economic thinker of the 19th Century. He was a radical whose theories vied with those of Karl Marx for the allegiance of working people and thelabor movement. He spearheaded a wildly popular movement that at...
by David Collyer | Sep 4, 2014 | Commentary, Henry George Dinner & Address
Some years ago, Prosper made a deliberate decision to join Australia’s economic debate, to advocate reform and contest poor policy wherever it rears its ugly head. To further this, we are proud to institute the E. J. Craigie Writing Award for the best Georgist article...
by David Collyer | Aug 28, 2014 | Articles
by Bryan Kavanagh – Principal, Land Values Research Group reposted from On-Line Opinion It is arguable we’re lurching to the hard right because there’s been big money to be found for conservative think tanks, such as the US Heritage Foundation, our...
by David Collyer | Aug 27, 2014 | Articles
The Housing Industry Association – the builder’s’ lobby group – today called for changes to allegedly improve home affordability in a media release The Real Cost of Stamp Duty, saying it added three per cent to the cost of buying property....