Letter to the Editor The Age 24/07/2012 Using the uplift in private land values to fund infrastructure projects (Doncaster railway line ‘could be built for $840m) is one of the recommendations of the Ken Henry review of taxes that was…
by Terence Dwyer Submission to the Productivity Commission’s Compulsory Licensing of Patents public inquiry. Patents are immoral, contrary to the principles of natural liberty, natural law, to the common law and detrimental to the progress, prosperity, safety and health of…
by Michael Hudson Europe’s three needs: a debt write-down, a real central bank, and a more efficient tax system Brussels Talk, Madariaga College, Governing Globalisation in a World Economy in Transition, June 27, 2012 Courtesy of michael-hudson.com What can Europe…
7.00 pm 19 July 2012 NORTHCOTE TOWN HALL High Street Northcote The Great Australian Dream is a Nightmare! An entire generation priced out of the market 380,000 unsold houses without a family An economy drowning in mortgage debt WHY IS…
5th Speculative Vacancies Report Thursday June 21st, 6.30pm Presenter: Philip Soos, Researcher, Deakin Uni Prosper rooms, 1/27 Hardware Lane, Melbourne RSVP Exciting researcher Philip Soos is set to release Earthsharing Australia’s 5th Speculative Vacancies report. Over 1 million homes have…
HOW THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN DREAM BECAME A NIGHTMARE Thursday July 19th, 7pm Northcote Town Hall Presenters: David Collyer, Karl Fitzgerald 189 High Street Northcote Young adults have ugly housing choices: pay rent to a tinpot landlord or spend their working…
This post was adapted from our e-news service. Sign up on the right hand side of the home page for a bi-monthly email. These certainly are exciting times to be advocating an alternative economic framework. We see thoughout the EU…
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Frank de Jong highlights how the privatisation of the naturally rising value of land plays out on a city and the developments that both do and don’t result because of this. A great learning piece.
A nifty clip from our South African colleagues Karen Cooper and Peter Meakin. Of note is their useful method comparing 300Rd p/m in land rent to the 60,000Rd we currently pay to banksters.