Renegade Economists podcast 322 & 324 There has been much interest in the German housing miracle. How have they survived the global land ponzi game? Or have they? Listen first to Jess Wright jumpstart the year’s interviews with her insights on recent travels through Scotland and Germany. Listen here Then last week Professor Dirk Loehr took us through the evolution … Read More
Earthsharing Global Thunderclap
Our friends in the US are about to launch a new Earthsharing website. And guess what – a new social networking phenomena is upon us to help their launch. Thunderclap helps punch through the noise of 400 million tweets per day by sending out a time coordinated message. Watch this vid then sign up your social media outlets to support … Read More
Extra Environmentalists: how Real Estate 4 Ransom drives the growth paradigm
One of the world’s leading podcasts, the Extra Environmentalists, has shown an increasing interest in Georgist economics over recent episodes. I sat on the other side of the fence for once, as the interviewee in Supply Shock – an exciting way to finish 2013. We covered many of the topics I race through on the weekly Renegade Economists podcast, including … Read More
Bollier on Monopoly Profits to Finance Government
As the Federal Government leads the deficit scaremongering on the road to lining up the firesale of our public assets to insiders (whilst slugging the consumer with a higher and thus regressive GST), we are reminded of the approach they could be taking if genuinely interested in a productive market. Leading Commons advocate David Bollier writes in Why Not Tax … Read More
How many empty homes this year?
Thurs Oct 31st, 6.30pm Presenter: Philip Soos 2/22 Punch Lane, CBD RSVP Download the report from our Prosper website. Its time for the 6th annual Speculative Vacancies report. Yes that time where we ask – what could thousands of empty homes do for affordable housing? The tragedy is – few understand how supply and demand work any more. Do a … Read More