by Karl Fitzgerald | Nov 21, 2017 | Articles
An article has been doing the rounds – House of Cards – by Matt Burnie and Craig Tindale, that we highly commend. Rarely do articles array so much data in devastating order. There must be over 100 links highlighting the risky nature of our economic miracle...
by David Collyer | Dec 15, 2016 | Articles
Australia has a problem: we can’t build roads, rail and schools as fast as population is growing with current government financing methods. Failing to keep up with our current needs – let alone investing for an uncertain future – puts the living standards of...
by David Collyer | Aug 8, 2016 | Commentary
by Bryan Kavanagh reposted from thedepression.org.au ECONOMICS Economics is about how we produce and distribute our wealth. This is important because it’s about us: about our daily lives. But we’ve outsourced economics to economists who don’t understand the role of...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Sep 9, 2015 | Events
A transcript of Professor Miranda Stewart’s presentation to the 124th Annual Henry George Commemorative Dinner. Listen as you flick through the powerpoint, then reiterate with the transcript. The Q & A is included in the audio only. Read about the EJ Craigie...
by Emily Sims | Jul 4, 2015 | Articles
This article was originally published in Progress Magazine in July 1977. By David Simmons, Director, Instituto de Estudios Ibero Americanos, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. One of the reasons for the comparative stability of Mexico during the past 50 years has been the...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Jun 12, 2015 | Talking Points
Cross-posted from The Saker The Saker: We hear that the Ukraine will have to declare a default, but that it will probably be a “technical” default as opposed to an official one. Some say that the decision of the Rada to allow Iatseniuk to chose whom to pay...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Apr 27, 2015 | Multimedia
Prof Michael Hudson on the Ancient Near East by Renegadeeconomists on Mixcloud 04/01/2015 An interview on the new Michael Hudson book – Labor in the Ancient World, the latest in the series on the Ancient Near East, co-edited with Piotr Steinkeller. Karl:...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Feb 24, 2015 | Progress Magazine
Part of the Geoists in History series, a biographical take on influential economic thinkers, taken from our 112 year old Progress Magazine. “I propose to introduce the reform gradually and with the greatest care. A tax particularly burdensome should be...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Feb 18, 2015 | Progress Magazine
Part of the Geoists in History series, taken from our 112 year old Progress Magazine. Andrew Carnegie (1835 – 1919) “The most comfortable, but also the most unproductive way for a capitalist to increase his fortune, is to put all monies in sites and await that...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Oct 3, 2014 | Commentary
Letter to the Editor The Age 03/10/2014 David Beardsell North Balwyn The 1880s in Victoria were largely driven by land speculation and the building of useless public and private infrastructure such as the Outer and Inner Circle railways, which ran from Oakleigh to...
