Raising Revenue from Mineral Deposits

photo credit: ToOliver2   Dr Gavin Putland Taken from the Dec – Jan edition of Progress. Download Progress (8MB) If a “site” is a piece of ground or airspace, then the “rent” of the site is simple enough: it is the price per unit time that the highest...

Mental Health and Property Bubbles

photo credit: xeeliz Our colleague Gavin Putland is quoted in this article by Leon Gettler: Predicting when the property bubble will pop is bad for your mental health PROPERTY bubbles suspend laws of supply and demand. In markets for widgets, demand goes down when the...

The New Junk Economics: Hudson

It’s hard to keep up with Professor Hudson’s rapid fire work rate. Wash the dishes to these 2 key interviews. Guns and Butter – Obama’s Republican Class War Presidency – February 3, 2010 at 1:00pmClick to listen (or download) Guns and...

Asset Bubbles Forever

photo credit: moominsean Tuesday 2nd March Phillip J Anderson Phil Anderson, (Economic Indicator Services) author of The Secret life of Real Estate, will discuss the economic policies of the day in light of his arresting array of charts. Will the commodities boom push...