by Karl Fitzgerald | Aug 19, 2019 | Commentary
Cross-posted from the Australian Financial ReviewThe federal government’s infrastructure advisory body is facing criticism for stepping back from an ambitious reform agenda outlined little more than a year ago, with its latest audit silent on road user charges,...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Jul 25, 2019 | Multimedia, Our Policy
Renegade Economists Show 577 As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 6 – 6.30pm on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Subscribe to the weekly podcast. Show Notes Welcome to the 4th episode of the Renegade’s Georgist podcourse, with a call out to your inner tax...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Jun 28, 2019 | Multimedia
Renegade Economists Show 576 As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 6 – 6.30pm on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Subscribe to the weekly podcast. Show Notes The Renegades Podcourse #3: Land is the central tenet of Georgist understanding, but yet our most valuable...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Jun 12, 2019 | Commentary
The ninth Speculative Vacancies report continues to make waves with a live cross yesterday on Sydney’s ghost towers (ABC TV 24) and a further interview on Sydney’s ABC 7pm News bulletin. This followed on from the ABC online story – Sydney hit by Ghost...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Jun 7, 2019 | Commentary, Multimedia
For over a decade we have reported on concerns over commercial vacancies in our Speculative Vacancies report. This is the first time we have been interviewed on this aspect of vacancy. Our latest such report found a 9.1% commercial vacancy rate throughout greater...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Jun 5, 2019 | Commentary
Geoists in History Patrick Edward Dove (1815-1873) by Karl Williams “So long as the aristocracy have all the land, and derive the rent of it, the labourer is only a serf, and a serf he will remain until he has uprooted the rights of private landed property. The land...
by Karl Fitzgerald | May 28, 2019 | Commentary
Taken from our fortnightly Evolving Economics enews.Subscribe here Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas has delivered a great set of budget measures which will improve the resilience, fairness and efficiency of Victoria’s tax system. This budget features a number of changes...
by Karl Fitzgerald | May 23, 2019 | History
Geoists in History David Ricardo (1772-1823) by Karl Williams “The interest of the landlord is always opposed to the interests of every other class in the community.” The father of classical political economy, David Ricardo, was more than a theoretical economist for...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Apr 29, 2019 | Multimedia
Renegade Economists Show 575 As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 6 – 6.30pm on the last Wednesday of the month. Subscribe to the weekly podcast. Show Notes Part 2 of Karl’s Georgist course – the key essentials to this timeless philosophy. We discuss first...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Apr 12, 2019 | Commentary
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