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The Counter-Enlightenment
Michael Hudson The Counter-Enlightenment, its Economic Program – and the Classical Alternative Based on a talk given to Prosper Australia on Friday October 16th, 2009. First published in Progress Magazine - Autumn 2010. Download Progress #1096 here. The last few years...
Hurrah for Garnaut on Resource Rents
photo credit: Ben Golub With Don Argus (former BHP Chair), Judith Sloan (former Santos Director) & Andrew Forrest (vested interest) banging their fists on the table this week, scaremongering the public - 'How Dare They Threaten My Investments, My Profiteering from the...
The New Resources Tax Reduces Mining Risk.
photo credit: jcarter The Commonwealth of Australia was built on the sound principle natural resources are part of every Australian's endowment. The Henry Tax Review recommended and the Rudd government has accepted a new tax system for mining that builds on this...
Australia’s Needless Foreign Borrowing
photo credit: Adam_T4 Michael Hudson and Shann Turnbull* Confronted by the global financial crisis that is burying foreign economies deeper in debt deflation each month, Australia needs to protect itself – indeed, to liberate itself from as many costs and...
Like Gold in a Coal Mine
photo credit: 10b travelling Clear-eyed media commentary in the national interest is rare and sweet. Alan Mitchell's analysis of the Henry Tax Review in the Australian Financial Review - A tax on all your economic rents - is such a creature. He opens with a...
Carrying through the Henry Logic
Letter to the Editor - Aust Financial Review Dr Terry Dwyer (Read Dr Dwyer's Henry Review Submission) The Henry Tax Review has rightly acknowledged the fundamental economic principle that a tax on land (including resource) rents is the ultimate non-distorting tax....
At last, payment for the owners
photo credit: pfala Letter to the Editor THE AGE, MAY 4: Bryan Kavanagh, Glen Waverley WHEN an owner leases out his or her former business as a going concern, i.e. the freehold and the business, it is not uncommon for the net profit before income tax and depreciation...
Dr Henry wants you to read his Tax Review. Really, Really.
photo credit: raminders We follow the glitter of celebrities and our football teams and let others do the dull work of government. Our dreams are about homes, cars and holidays. But sometimes an issue is so important it deserves our undivided attention, if only...
Henry Review: what about the land tax recommendations 51 to 54?
photo credit: Troy McClure SF Gavin R. Putland Published in today's Crikey In contrast to the Henry report's advice that payroll tax be eventually abolished (recommendations 55 and 57), the Rudd government has decided to increase its own payroll tax. No, really....
Henry Review Excellence
Ken Henry and his team's hard work looks to have paid off. Initial readings show the undeniable truth that land based taxes are the most efficient taxes. Look at the attached graph (via KPMG, not Henry) showing that The Resource Rent Tax, Municipal Rates and Land...
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