Housing Industry Ploy
"the results of the CIE study do not allow an assessment of the relative inefficiencies of each tax."
When discussing the efficiencies of taxation, surely the inefficiencies must be counted too!
Karl Fitzgerald
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Trusting the Murdocracy
photo credit: Lee Carson The term corporate espionage has been taken to a new level in what surely ranks as a more significant than the phone hacking scandal.The revelation that News Corporation, via its News of the World Paper, hired…
Privatisation and Public Finance
photo credit: Peter Blanchard The failure of both sides of politics to understand the role of effective public finance is undermining Australia’s future. Stamp duties in Victoria are plummeting, undermining the Baillieu government’s determination to deliver a budget surplus or…
How Our World Works
The Basics in 4 Easy Lessons Tuesdays in April starting on the 3rd, 6 – 8pm Presenter: David Brooks 1/27 Hardware Lane, Melbourne Free event – RSVP You are invited to a free course presented by Prosper Australia’s David Brooks…
Why Does Land Cost the Earth?
Our film Real Estate 4 Ransom is now available online Real Estate 4 Ransom from Real Estate 4 Ransom on Vimeo. More details.
Wayne Swan on the Privilege of the 0.01%
Treasurer Wayne Swan has posed a challenging question to Australian society with his piece in The Monthly, asking ‘are we willing to allow the elite to control our economic policy, democratic processes and now our freedom of the press?’ A…
Booming into the Future
photo credit: woodleywonderworks Tues March 6th, 6.30pm Phil Anderson Prosper Rooms 1/27 Hardware Lane, Melbourne Forecaster Phil Anderson will give reasoning to why we are about to enter a bigger real estate boom bust cycle than the one we have…
Office Manager – Job Opportunity
After over a decade of tireless work, our office manager, Anne Schmid is retiring. We have advertised the job as follows: Office Manager Employer: Prosper Australia Work Type/s: Part Time Location: Melbourne Prosper Australia is a lobby group with a…
Empty homes, empty claims
27/01/2012 Letter to the editor The Age How are the real estate spruikers going to explain away Melbourne’s reported rental vacancy rate of 4.4% (“Melbourne Full of Empty Homes” Age 26/1/12)? Developer lobbyists were crying for new land releases when…
Economics Demystified Seminar
photo credit: Ferdinand Reus Saturday 11th February 10.15 for a 10.30 start. Conclude by 4pm Prosper Rooms, Lvl 1/ 27 Hardware Lane, Melb Facilitator: Raymond Makewell A Georgist seminar on the principles of economics as if society mattered. How is…