Renegade Economists Podcast 253 As broadcast on 3CR, Wed Sept 12th Subscribe to the weekly podcast. Michel Bauwens from the Peer 2 Peer Foundation discusses the ongoing revolution in open source activity. He presents evidence showing that peer 2 peer networking delivers the lowest cost format for information sharing and production. Listen in on this extended podcast edition. We discuss … Read More
Housing shortage questioned again
With recent doubts on Census data winding in the mainstream opinion on housing shortages (down from 228,000 to now just 23,000) we were pleased to have our 5th Speculative Vacancies report written up by Chris Vedelago on Fairfax’s Domain blog: A study by Earthsharing Australia estimates there are 90,730 vacant properties around the city, enough homes to provide housing for … Read More
Denise Brailey on Low Doc Loans Scandal
Renegade Economists Podcast 250 As broadcast on 3CR Wed August 22nd Listen to the Renegade Economist interview Denise Brailey is the President of the Banking and Finance Consumer Support Association. For the last eight years she has helped distressed home buyers investigate why banks lent them more than they could afford. Last week she presented to the Senate on the … Read More
Magic Money Quotes
Earthsharing and Australia’s 2nd richest man Harry Triguboff are quoted in Forget Undersupply, We’ve Got Too Many Houses, AFR July 7-8: Apartment billionaire Harry Triguboff was surprisingly candid at a lunch held by the American Chamber of Commerce last October. He told the audience he was able to pay “very little tax”. “I keep a lot of my properties. And … Read More
Community & Economics
Tuesday July 24th 1/27 Hardware Lane, Melbourne 6.30 – 8pm Presenter: Karl Williams RSVP – gold coin event Countless studies have shown that a sense of community is one of the most important factors leading to happiness, fulfillment and the sense of a life well lived, no matter what the culture. But what do we mean by community? It seems … Read More