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Podcast: Locational advantage starts under your feet
Why land is our most valuable asset, crucial to determining both wealth distribution and societal efficiencies.
Why housing doesn’t need to take the economy down with it
If land prices are to be stabilised, wages and inflation need to rise.
Ghost towers a sign of supply success?
The ninth Speculative Vacancies report continues to make waves with a live cross yesterday on Sydney's ghost towers (ABC TV 24) and a further interview on Sydney’s ABC 7pm News bulletin. This followed on from the ABC online story - Sydney hit by Ghost tower...
Freedom from the commercial vacancy straitjacket
For over a decade we have reported on concerns over commercial vacancies in our Speculative Vacancies report. This is the first time we have been interviewed on this aspect of vacancy. Our latest such report found a 9.1% commercial vacancy rate throughout greater...
Aristocracy, Land and Dove
Geoists in History Patrick Edward Dove (1815-1873) by Karl Williams “So long as the aristocracy have all the land, and derive the rent of it, the labourer is only a serf, and a serf he will remain until he has uprooted the rights of private landed property. The land...
Victorian Budget Perspectives
Taken from our fortnightly Evolving Economics enews.Subscribe here Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas has delivered a great set of budget measures which will improve the resilience, fairness and efficiency of Victoria’s tax system. This budget features a number of changes...
Pallas backhands ‘Tennis Court Exemption’ as Vic’s finances shrink away
Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas has pre-announced Land Tax changes ahead of Monday night’s state budget. Expect a dramatic budget contraction as Victoria’s key ‘own revenue’ source, Stamp Duty, has shrunk with the fall in both property transaction volumes and prices....
Ricardo’s Classical Political Economy
This article is taken from the long-running series published in Progress Journal, Geoists in History by Karl William David Ricardo (1772-1823) “The interest of the landlord is always opposed to the interests of every other class in the community.” The father of...
2019 Federal election policy comparison
The 2019 Federal Election is only a few days away… But how can you maximise your vote to shift the tax system away from unproductive rent seeking? Which parties have the best policies to deter land speculation, and reduce wealth inequality from inflated land prices?...
Podcast: Justice Before Liberty, ok!
Renegade Economists Show 575 As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 6 - 6.30pm on the last Wednesday of the month. Subscribe to the monthly podcast. Show Notes Part 2 of Karl’s Georgist course - the key essentials to this timeless philosophy. We discuss first principles...
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