Karl Fitzgerald

Karl Fitzgerald

Karl Fitzgerald was the former Director of Research at Prosper Australia for 18 years. He now leads Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy.

An Introduction to Georgism

photo credit: Patrick Gannon Presenter – David Collyer for new members and the merely curious 18th November, 7.00 pm Why are incomes, jobs, consumption and business heavily taxed? Why is land rent a superior revenue base for government? Plus: The…

Event: Fairtrade Not Bandaids!

photo credit: net_efekt Thurs Oct 7th, 6.30pm, 1/ 27 Hardware Lane, Melbourne Karl Williams Wiki defintion: Fair trade is a financial relationship between producers, sellers, and consumers based on the principle of equity within the exchange of goods. Equity is…

Guardian, Labor on UK LVT Push

photo credit: Apogee Photography In today’s Guardian via Mark Braund, author of The Possibilities of Progress (available in our bookshop), summarises the rising impetus of LVT in UK politics. As a long-time supporter of land value taxation (LVT), it’s encouraging…

Cut Concessions

photo credit: Sushanta Meh Letter to the Editor – AFR 31/08/2010 Gavin R. Putland, Melbourne Instead of prosecuting small businesses for making mistakes with capital gains tax concessions (“Tax Office hits small business”, AFR, August 30), why not abolish the…