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Victoria to cap the single best tax base available
The Andrews government is capping local governments rate rises to CPI after fifteen years of six per cent rises in a low inflation environment. Minister for Local Government Natalie Hutchins’ Fair Go Rates System, administered by the Essential Services Commission,...
Best Georgist Writer 2015
The 124th Annual Henry George Commemorative dinner saw the EJ Craigie award for best Georgist writing given to Matt Ellis for his arresting piece on The housing crash we had to have: A Gen Y perspective on the bubble. Matt Ellis has been an outstanding writer over the...
Abolish All Taxes
Letter to the Editor Australian Financial Review Sept 1, 2015 Proponents of increasing either payroll tax or the GST are like Tweedledum and Tweedledee, dancing around and seeming to argue, yet holding hands ("Payroll tax surfaces as the next GST", AFR August 28). If...
Intergenerational fairness
by Jesse Hermans Recently La Trobe’s Philosophy Politics and Economics Society and Ideas Society joint hosted an event on Intergenerational Fairness with some good insights into what future generations face - including my own. I was sorely disappointed by John Daley,...
Enews: China, Housing Inquiry, CGO Conference and more
Having trouble reading this newsletter? View it online. The enews of Prosper & Earthsharing Australia AUGUST 2015 What makes a successful tax state? Wednesday September 2nd Royal Society of Victoria, 8 La Trobe St, Melbourne From 6pm $30 (includes dinner...
Another day, another parliamentary inquiry
The House of Representatives economic committee inquiry into Home Ownership was opened with fanfare and encouraging comments by chair John Alexander (Liberal, Bennelong): "Some have said we are on track to becoming a Kingdom where the Lords own all the land and the...
China’s Economic Fundamentals Exposed
With 8.5% of the Shanghai Composite wiped off on Black Monday, the risky world of speculative capitalism is under the microscope. As Steve Keen reminds us, Chinese private debt was very low post 2008, but debt to GDP has since grown by 80%. A hefty 35% jump in private...
A ‘capital gain’ is a private tax
By Dr. Gavin Putland - crossposted from the Land Values Research Group The noisiest campaigners for lower taxes complain only about public taxes while ignoring or defending the unrequited tributes collected by private agents under the guise of market transactions. The...
Evolving Economics Enews, Aug 11
Having trouble reading this newsletter? View it online. The enews of Prosper & Earthsharing Australia AUGust 2015 Miranda Stewart to speak at the 124th dinner Wednesday September 2nd, from 6pm The Royal Society of Victoria, 8 La Trobe St, Melbourne RSVP &...
Political cowardice, bad taxes and the FIRB furball
The Australian people are being distracted from the main game by a mad side-show over foreign nationals buying our land. The sheer scale of this buying is further inflating our sorely overheated property market, imposing great costs on first-time buyers, giving a free...
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