The mystery of unearned income
As published today on Truthout The wealth gap is dividing society at an astonishing rate as the lessons from the Great Recession are helicoptered away. QE3 has worked for Wall St but little else. Over 30 nations are facing the shock and awe of property bubbles as the...
Harnessing Monopoly to Finance Government
The Total Resource Rents of Australia report finds the complete removal of income, company and sales tax is possible by replacement with a tax on monopolies such as water trading, cyber squatting, taxi licenses and land. “Economists have for hundreds of years pointed...Total Resource Rents of Australia
Major Findings The Total Resource Rents of Australia report finds: The influence of monopoly is 10 times greater than mainstream economists acknowledge. Economic rents are a significant component of the Australian economy, comprising 23.6% of GDP. Almost half of all...Canberra’s Centenary and the Perennial Land Question
2013 Clyde Cameron Memorial Lecture Saturday 14th December 2pm-5pm Keynote Speaker: Mr. Jack Waterford A.M. University House Hall, 1 Balmain Crescent, ANU J.E. (Jack) Waterford is an Australian journalist and commentator who is now Editor-at-Large of The Canberra...Republish this article
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