Funding Infrastructure

by | Jul 24, 2012 | Commentary, Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor The Age 24/07/2012 Using the uplift in private land values to fund infrastructure projects (Doncaster railway line ‘could be built for $840m) is one of the recommendations of the Ken Henry review of taxes that was immediately abandoned by...
Patents: An Immoral and Inefficient Anachronism

Patents: An Immoral and Inefficient Anachronism

by | Jul 20, 2012 | Articles

by Terence Dwyer Submission to the Productivity Commission’s Compulsory Licensing of Patents public inquiry. Patents are immoral, contrary to the principles of natural liberty, natural law, to the common law and detrimental to the progress, prosperity, safety...

The Weaponisation of Economic Theory

by | Jul 13, 2012 | Articles

by Michael Hudson Europe’s three needs: a debt write-down, a real central bank, and a more efficient tax system Brussels Talk, Madariaga College, Governing Globalisation in a World Economy in Transition, June 27, 2012 Courtesy of michael-hudson.com What can Europe...

Don’t Buy Now! Public Meeting

by | Jul 4, 2012 | Past Events

7.00 pm 19 July 2012 NORTHCOTE TOWN HALL High Street Northcote The Great Australian Dream is a Nightmare! An entire generation priced out of the market 380,000 unsold houses without a family An economy drowning in mortgage debt WHY IS THIS SO? David Collyer with the...

Empty Land and Homes

by | Jun 14, 2012 | Commentary

5th Speculative Vacancies Report Thursday June 21st, 6.30pm Presenter: Philip Soos, Researcher, Deakin Uni Prosper rooms, 1/27 Hardware Lane, Melbourne RSVP Exciting researcher Philip Soos is set to release Earthsharing Australia’s 5th Speculative Vacancies...