Category Commentary
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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
Cleveland’s Reformer
A genuine highlight of the Council of Georgist Organisations conference (Ohio) so far has been seeing two young high school students present this video. Many other stories to come.