photo credit: h.koppdelaney Bryan Kavanagh (LVRG) 11 March 09 As published in the Age today (Business Opinion page) “Put to the vote: as many are of the opinion that a public tax upon the land ought to be raised to defray the public charge, say 'yea'... ” “... Carried...
BLOG: Commentary
“The Way We Were and What We Are Becoming”
photo credit: Genista Dr Michael Hudson tells it as it is on KPFA's Guns and Butter! Make yourself a cup of tea and kick back to the real story!
Kavanagh-Putland Index Makes ABC’s Lateline Business
The Land Values Research Group's Gavin Putland was interviewed on last night's Lateline Business. Download the short clip here (appx 1.40 minute mark). We quote the LVRG post that set the ball rolling with recent quotes in crikey and more media hopefully to come on...
Gen X/ Y – Rent don’t buy!
photo credit: pyramis Rents up, but house prices down. It doesn't make sense, but such is life for men and women in their prime trying to find a place to call home. Land monopoly power exerts its ultimate influence over the rental market. As we have often stated, the...
The Real Estate Bust: how to know exactly what will unfold next
photo credit: woodleywonderworks Thursday March 19th featuring Phil Anderson (Economic Indicator Services) Event report: Over eighty people saw Phil speak to a level of investigation very few will go to. Top questions from the audience resulted in Phil discussing the...
Hudson & Harrison
Our 2 heavy hitters in the one place. Sure to be interesting with the banksters bailout a focus. Is the bailout a diversion from sharing the rent?
REIT’s hit the skids
photo credit: chauromano Ahh the Age beats us to the story! Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts are down 73% year on year. Michael West covers this in Property Not So Safe After All One of the "leading lights" of the sector, Goodman Group, handed down a $450...
EU membership = speculative magnet
photo credit: pgpdesign (paul) The trend continues. EU membership comes concomitant with lower foreign investment rules, bringing a wave of speculation in real estate as rent seekers invest early to sit and wait until marginal rents bump up to the European average. Is...
Credit Crisis Animated
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
Hudson: Finance Capitalism Hits a Wall
photo credit: woodleywonderworks The Oligarchs’ Escape Plan – at the Treasury’s Expense By Prof. Michael Hudson see the original article and the growing list of comments on Information Clearinghouse The financial “wealth creation” game is over. Economies emerged from...