by Karl Fitzgerald | Apr 11, 2014 | Articles
The continual reinforcement that new infrastructure can only financed by privatising the last remaining public assets is worth challenging. According to Infrastructure Australia and Joe Hockey, a fire sale here or there is all that is required for a mere $220 billion....
by Karl Fitzgerald | Apr 7, 2014 | Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor As published in the AFR April 7th It is absurd to say switching from income tax to GST improves work incentives. Consumption equals income minus savings. A 20% GST is much the same as a 20% flat rate income tax with no tax-free threshold but with...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Apr 4, 2014 | Commentary
The latest report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on the world leading System of Environmental Economic Accounting was released yesterday. The ABS have taken a lead role in developing the system at the United Nations level over the last decade. Last year the UN...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Apr 3, 2014 | Commentary
by Pat Aller Arden, Delaware July, 1999 The Georgist Philosophy in Culture and History: How to Broaden Our Focus to Strengthen Our Message. We’ve been asking this question for over a century. The very fact that we are in Arden attests to George’s influence...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Mar 31, 2014 | Multimedia
How one person can own another by our continual ignorance of the Law of Rent. A vital 5 minutes.