THE INQUISITIVE BOY By “SPOKESHAVE” (circa early 1900’s) Out of the vault – this sums up our message like few others – please pass it on What place is that, pa? That is a brickyard, my son. Whose brickyard is it, pa? It belongs to me, my son. Do all these piles of bricks belong to you? Yes, my son, … Read More
Globalisation belittled
Dare we mention that even the power of Starbucks is belittled by the ultimate monopoly power of the landlord! This is why we can benefit from $10 jeans (and say a prayer for the sweatshop workers as we hand over our money) but yet we still have no real improvement in our lives. Where has all that extra purchasing power … Read More
Sprawling Solutions
photo credit: optimal tweezers Renegade Economists Podcast 94 As broadcast on www.3cr.org.au on Wed June 17th, 2009 Subscribe to the podcast by searching for ‘Renegade Economists’ in the Itunes Store. Please note that last weeks notes weren’t included as it was a radiothon special. We still owe $200 if you can pls pls support us. Show Notes: Sprawling Solutions – … Read More
Oil Tax for All
photo credit: woody1778a Michael Hiltzik, LA Times, writes (including a comment from Mason Gaffney): The most persistent misconception about Californians is that we hate to raise taxes. The truth is that we adore raising taxes — as long as someone else is paying, that is. So nonsmokers vote to raise cigarette taxes, teetotalers to raise liquor taxes. The middle and … Read More