photo credit: Patrick Gannon Presenter - David Collyer for new members and the merely curious 18th November, 7.00 pm Why are incomes, jobs, consumption and business heavily taxed? Why is land rent a superior revenue base for government? Plus: The prosperity the Henry...
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Blaming the 70’s Economic Bust on Oil is Incorrect
Steven Spadijer gave this years 119th Henry George Commemorative Annual Dinner. The following day we recorded this interview highlighting many of the topics discussed. You may like to look through the powerpoint below. Listen to his interview on the Renegade...
Event: Fairtrade Not Bandaids!
photo credit: net_efekt Thurs Oct 7th, 6.30pm, 1/ 27 Hardware Lane, Melbourne Karl Williams Wiki defintion: Fair trade is a financial relationship between producers, sellers, and consumers based on the principle of equity within the exchange of goods. Equity is...
The Old, the New and the Ugly
Causes Behind the Global Financial Crisis and 70's Stagflation Presenter: Steven Spadijer (ANU) 119th Annual Henry George Commemorative Dinner Thursday Sept 2nd, 6pm onwards RSVP by Friday 27th August. Steven Spadijer is an honours student in Arts/Law at the...
When You’ve Paid Your Rent, You’ve Paid Your Way
photo credit: karola riegler photography Thursday June 24th 7pm, 1/27 Hardware Lane Dr Gavin Putland The powerpoint and audio have been uploaded here Australia's residential land prices, commonly but incorrectly conflated with "house" prices, started falling in 2008....
Asset Bubbles Forever
photo credit: moominsean Tuesday 2nd March Phillip J Anderson Phil Anderson, (Economic Indicator Services) author of The Secret life of Real Estate, will discuss the economic policies of the day in light of his arresting array of charts. Will the commodities boom push...
Lifting the Lid on the GFC
photo credit: MarcelGermain Wednesday October 14th, 6.30 - 8.30pm Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Hall Greenshoots? Really? Get the inside story from three people who called it! Download the flyer Keynote speaker, Professor Michael Hudson is a renowned economic...
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...
Henry George 118th Commemorative Dinner
118th Henry George Commemoration Address Tuesday Sept 1st Speaker: Mr J Kennedy Bennett, Coordinator of Site Rating Defence A rates analyst for 19 years with valuation work across 12 councils, his current project is uniting the Monash ratepayers behind a full economic...
Anatomy of the GFC
photo credit: alles-schlumpf Date: Thursday July 23rd Time: 6.30pm Venue: Frank Halkyard Library, 1/27 Hardware Lane, Melbourne Speaker: Bryan Kavanagh, Research Associate, LVRG Greenshoots? How bad WILL the Global Financial Crisis be? Why did our economists fail us?...