By Cameron Murray Romance novels seduce you into feeling for their characters, drawing you into their exhilarating world where eventually, and predictably, the protagonists overcome their seemingly intractable obstacles and are united together. The story of property...
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Land Banking Profits during a Housing Supply Crisis – Englobo 2014
Land in Australia should be dirt cheap. All levels of government must explicitly recognise outstanding access to land for all is a key national advantage that simply cannot be imitated by other countries. For state governments, close scrutiny of planning and a...
FIRE sector eats into productivity
A must read for those interested in Prof Michael Hudson's commentary on the growing influence of the FIRE sector in rent seeking activities, cross posted from Macrobusiness. By Leith van Onselen Business Spectator’s Rob Burgess made the following keen observation over...
A Georgist explanation of ‘fiscal devaluation’
Payroll tax is a reverse tariff: an inland payroll tax feeds into prices of locally produced goods and services, including those intended for export, but exempts imported goods and services up to the point of importation. In contrast, a Value-Added Tax (such as...
A Prosperous Earthsharing
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The Barometer of the Economy
The Kavanagh Putland Index Dr Gavin Putland Thursday Oct 20th, 6.30pm 1/27 Hardware Lane RSVP pls to this free event. Dr Gavin Putland will analyse the size of the Australian land bubble in the context of previous land booms. This indicator compares bubbles in...
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...
Asset Bubbles always end in tears..
photo credit: sekundo Throw out the theory! That's what policy makers are doing world-wide. From neo-liberalism to neo-handouts, one must ask what has happened to confidence in free market theory? Which leader in the western world will stand up? Failure to address the...
Three Dimensional Economics
by Karl Fitzgerald as published in Arena Magazine, Feb-March, 2008, Edition 93 In a period where the twin crises of global warming and the wealth gap are attacking society from both sides, policy makers are continually limited in their effectiveness by a two...