Renegade Economists Show 468 As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 5.30 – 6pm Wednesdays. Subscribe to the weekly podcast. Show Notes Prof Peter Newman (Curtin Uni Sustainability Policy Institute www.curtin.edu.au/research/cusp/) discusses the return of the robber barons. Can they build railway ethically and at the lowest cost to the community? Or will the accompanying property development lead to ever higher … Read More
Rental Culture
Renegade Economists Show 467 As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 5.30 – 6pm Wednesdays. Subscribe to the weekly podcast. Show Notes Chantal Roberts, Executive Office of Shelter WA joins to give a perspective on housing policy and pressures post mining-boom. What can we do to encourage a better rental culture? Related Links KeyStart – affordable home loans Canberra Land Rent … Read More
Trump’s Real Estate Rorts
Renegade Economists Show 466 As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 5.30 – 6pm Wednesdays. Subscribe to the weekly podcast. Show Notes The race is on to trace Trump’s real estate loopholes and the possible handouts he will deliver for fellow rent-seekers. However, there are already so many that enable rentiers to avoid paying anything back for the billions and billions … Read More
8 Unexpected Outcomes of Georgist Economics
Renegade Economists Show 465 As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 5.30 – 6pm Wednesdays. Subscribe to the free weekly podcast. Show Notes How to improve population pressures, urbanisation, boom-bust economies, dwindling wage growth, the burgeoning size of government and the time-poor nature of life? Could a change in economic policy achieve all this? The need for Georgist economics could not … Read More
Campsite Perspectives
Renegade Economists Show 464 As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 5.30 – 6pm Wednesdays. Subscribe to the free weekly podcast. Show Notes UK chemical engineer Gary the mad cyclist joins investment banking lawyer Nige to analyse the ways of the world from Brexit to the TPP, the mining tax and treatment of local communities. How do we foster an enlivened … Read More