photo credit: DieselDemon Renegade Economists Podcast 89 Subscribe to the podcast As broadcast on the almighty www.3cr.org.au on Wed May 13th. Show Notes: More speculative handouts revealed in this unique budgetary analysis. Dr Gavin Putland is our guest this week as he analyses the pro’s and con’s of the pandering to lobbyists. Anything in italics is our additional commentary and … Read More
Swan wimps out to property lobby
With all the promise of a tough budget, the biggest concern is the limp wristed, white flag response to the First Home Owners Grant (FHOG). Rudd’s recent mention that’ the FHOG won’t go on forever’ must have seen some furious lobbying in the halls of power by the Ron Silverberg’s (HIA) of the property lobby. Last night we learned that … Read More
Lynne Twist on the soul of money
Lynne Twist is author of The Soul of Money and provides a big picture analysis of resource scarcity.
Let infrastructure pay for itself!
photo credit: dsearls Gavin R. Putland Everybody wins when we tax the benefits of infrastructure to cover the costs DON RILEY owned properties near two stations on a new section of London’s underground Jubilee Line. The rise in the value of his properties outweighed all the tax he paid in the previous 40 years. In his book, TAKEN FOR A … Read More
Review: The Secret Life of Real Estate
Review by Mason Gaffney, May 2009 available from our bookshop – $50 hardback This is an exciting, important and timely work; it will sell well. Anderson has ferreted out and marshaled dozens of sources on the 18-year cycle of boom and bust in real estate, its history, its mechanics, and its dynamics. Some sources are old and neglected; some are … Read More