Everybody Works but the Vacant Lot
What else need we say? Understand why making ends meet is such a challenge and what we can do about it.
Karl Fitzgerald
Karl Fitzgerald was the former Director of Research at Prosper Australia for 18 years. He now leads Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826)
Famous Quotes “The earth is given as a common stock for man to labor and live on. If for the encouragement of industry we allow it to be appropriated, we must take care that other employment be provided to those…
The Rent of Italy
A grasp of economic rent is vital to understanding geoism and the path to social justice and environmental sanity. Short definitions are helpful but limited – the return to privilege; a free ride at society’s expense; unearned increment; excess profits…
The Economics of Royalty
Karl Williams, Editor of Progress Magazine What I’m about to write here would almost certainly land me in jail if it were written in Thailand. I’m about to criticize its monarch, King Bhumibol. Yes, dear reader, it may be hard…
Don’t Shoot the Rabbits! We’ll need to eat them!!
Robert J McAlpine, President Prosper Australia The time for thinkers on economic matters has come! By neglecting the field of property valuation, mainstream economists have missed some of the most important factors in market price determination There exists an almost…
An Independent A.C.T Taxation Policy
This article was presented at a late 1980’s meeting prior to ACT self government and published in the Canberra Times. Terry Dwyer ACT finances will come from three sources – taxes, grants and borrowings. I do not propose to say…
Community Land Trusts explained
With the growing pressure to find affordable accommodation and our excitement at the Canberra Land rent proposal, we thought it high time we showed you a growing trend through the northern hemisphere – Community Land Trusts by Prosper Tasmania’s Leo…
Podcast the Renegade Economists
Listen to the world’s only geonomics radio show by subscribing to our podcast. Follow these 3 easy steps to have your computer automatically download each week’s show: copy this link: go to your ITunes, Click on Advanced then ‘Subscribe…
Empty Dwellings During Housing Crisis?
Today’s Sydney Morning Herald article on Empty Dwellings in a City Desperate for Places to Live has exposed the raft of vacancies prevalent when land banking trumps housing affordability. It quotes how 122,211 sites were vacant in the 2006 census,…
Reforming Property Taxes
Our Policy Position on the hotch potch of property taxes is now online. With affordability reaching epic proportions, it is time governments of all levels looked into the eyes of the problem – inaccurate council rates and land taxes. With…