photo credit: Stuck in Customs On the first anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, this piece sums up the cause to the GFC, as predicted by 5 economists who subscribe to the line of economic thinking we promote: land rent theory. Dirk Bezener, the academic...
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Hudson: Latvian Land Maps needed
Professor Michael Hudson Touring October
Leading financial economist and historian Professor Michael Hudson will be touring Australia October 12 - 27. Download the tour flyer See the Hudson Tour Multimedia Highlights Professor Hudson was one of twelve economists recognised for predicting the GFC. He is a...
Renters: Stop Walking on Egg Shells
The paranoia many renters face trying to find a place to genuinely call home is undermined by the juggernaut of rising property prices. Why do rents outpace wages? Is the market about to turn? It is time prospective first home owners looked beyond mainstream media to...
Democratic Rights as Debtors – Hudson
photo credit: brian glanz Dr Michael Hudson on Iceland Recovering From Neoliberal Disaster Another 'must listen' in the build up to Professor Hudson's tour of Oz: Oct 12 - 26
IMF Accepts role of Taxation as GFC catalyst
photo credit: Ivy Dawned The Australian stated: THE International Monetary Fund believes the tax treatment of housing is too generous and has called for capital gains tax to be levied on the family home. Let's look a little deeper into this IMF Report: Debt Bias and...
Give CIV the NIMBY treatment
photo credit: Don Solo Gavin Putland Check Dr Putland's latest piece on interstate issues with CIV Question: Who will be the big winners if CIV rating is introduced in the City of Monash? Answer: Owners of vacant lots and derelict buildings. The site value (SV) is the...
Hudson: Recovering from Neoliberal Disaster
photo credit: orvaratli Why Iceland and Latvia Won’t (and Can’t) Pay the EU for the Kleptocrats’ Ripoffs Michael Hudson Prof Hudson will be touring Australia Oct 12 - 27 on behalf of Prosper Australia. A shorter version of this article was published in the weekend's...
Macroeconomics Under the Microscope
photo credit: tonx The Other-Wordly Philosophers: an interesting series of articles from The Economist, though the ignorance of Ricardo's Law of Rent is again present. Read this article on Southern California Real Estate Still Has a Long Way to Fall. Then ask yourself...
Ten’s Real Estate Trifecta
Check this Media Watch report on the misinformation plague besetting upon inexperienced home buyers. Some elements of the property industry continue to let their industry down. Click here to watch this short piece