Data Hub
Prosper Australia sees free access to quality land price data as a major way to reduce information asymmetry between buyers and sellers. In other words, it is harder to fool people who know the market price and where it is…
Karl Fitzgerald
Karl Fitzgerald was the former Director of Research at Prosper Australia for 18 years. He now leads Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy.
Prosper’s Office Launch Party
In April this year we moved into our new premises at Level 2, 22 Punch Lane Melbourne, still right in the heart of the city but closer to the action in Spring Street. We are excited to invite members and…
Milton Friedman’s Economic Futurism
A 1999 recording where Friedman discusses the need for bitcoin and the use of Land Value Tax to counter the mobility of capital in the internet age. Bitcoin Explained from Duncan Elms on Vimeo.
Political Economy Discounted by Constituent Interests
As published in the Economic Society of Victoria’s Ceteris Paribus. “You have to ask, if those being duped are too naive to complain, and those profiteering are too valuable to upset, is housing affordability a problem for our politicians, or…
On Solid Ground
On Solid Ground from Robert Schalkenbach Foundation on Vimeo. Our US colleagues at Work and Wealth boldly state: We propose to abolish all taxes save those on the value of land, irrespective of the value of the improvements, and the…
Doctoring the supply – the housing fix we are forced to ignore
As published in Online Opinion 18/04/2013 Owning a home is a fantasy without $70,000 in savings. This is simply not possible on an average wage. The debate heated up with Tom Whitty’s statement ”You have to ask, if those being…
Prosper’s New Office
We are proud to announce our new office is up and running. We have moved to 2/22 Punch Lane, Melbourne, located at the Spring St end of Little Bourke St. The Shark Fin Inn is on the corner of Punch…
Canberra Land Lease reform
Canberra Times March 17, 2013 Christopher Erskine (Time for a new lease on life, March 9, p7) is correct that it was the writings of American political economist Henry George that inspired Canberra’s founders to put in place a leasehold…
Hot Speculative Money & Asia
Governments in China, Hong Kong and Singapore are acting to curb property speculation. Zero Hedge comments: The reason for this “hot money” phenomenon is the easy money policy adopted by all the world’s central banks (except for the PBOC of…
SMSF – Speculatively Manipulated Skiing Fiesta
That’s what the locked out generations may well name Self Manged Super Funds in time. With all the talk about superannuation reform coming out of Canberra, we thought it timely to ask why the latest in speculative subsidies isn’t under…