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Monopoly Interests in the Pandemic

Monopoly Interests in the Pandemic

Renegade Economists Show 584 As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 6 - 6.30pm on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Subscribe to the monthly podcast. Please support 3CR's annual subcriber drive, on now. Show Notes Based on our recent event Airlines, Highways and Airwaves,...

Our Dividend Awaits

Our Dividend Awaits

Renegade Economists Show 583 As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 6 - 6.30pm on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Subscribe to the monthly podcast. Show Notes Gary Flomenhoft (UQ) joins the show to dissect the evolving cov-19 conundrum. The good, the bad and the ugly of...

Submission to the 2020 Victorian Budget

Submission to the 2020 Victorian Budget

Download our 2020 Vic budget submission (submitted January 2020)   Prosper welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the 2020 Victorian Budget. It is our position that unearned and unproductive streams of private income which derive from these elements of our...

States have the best taxes

States have the best taxes

An excerpt to Prosper's submission to the NSW government's Federal Financial Relations Review: Prosper Australia welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission to the NSW Federal Financial Relations Review (the Review). Prosper is an independent, not-for-profit...

Life After Interest Rates with Josh Ryan-Collins

Life After Interest Rates with Josh Ryan-Collins

With interest rates at record lows, what are the implications for the Australian economy? What can be learnt from other nations? Josh presents some likely alternatives for policymakers to consider as the dangerous mix of loose credit alongside lax land policy...

Stamp Duty to Land Tax – The Transition in Brief

Stamp Duty to Land Tax – The Transition in Brief

Prosper has released our latest report, Stamp Duty to Land Tax: Designing the Transition by economist Dr. Tim Helm. The report challenges the prevailing orthodoxy that the highly sought-after stamp duty to land tax reform is too “politically difficult” to achieve. ...