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Renegade Economists Show 496

As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 5.30 – 6pm Wednesdays.
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Show Notes
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Karl throws in the highlights alongside the beckonings. Cheers for all your support!

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Vince Cable “The wealth produced over the centuries by the efforts of the community is reflected in land values and is therefore a proper target for taxation.”

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Game of Mates Rates

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Renegade Economists Show 495

As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 5.30 – 6pm Wednesdays.
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Show Notes
Dr Cameron Murray (Fresh Economic Thinking) walks us through the state of legalised corruption in the Game of Mates and the rates they give each other. From banking to supermarkets, taxis to pharmacies, finally someone has quantified just how extensive the right to rort is.

See you Friday July 7th,430pm @ RMIT’s Storey Hall. Ticket details soon.

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Peter Martin on The Game
Michael Pascoe on Mates Rates
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Post: Cameron Murray at the Queensland Commission into Crime and Corruption
Clean Money in a Dirty System
Past interviews with Dr Murray

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Australia’s Economic Growth Gimmicks

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Renegade Economists Show 494

As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 5.30 – 6pm Wednesdays.
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Professor Michael Hudson pulls apart the economic theory underpinning economic growth, free trade and the global house price conundrum. As usual Karl tries his best to keep up with one of the fastest minds in the business.

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J is for Junk Economics
Past interviews with Michael
Trade theory, Ricardo
Listen to last week’s show for more context re US rental backed mortgage securities

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Land Rent Confessions

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Renegade Economists Show 493

As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 5.30 – 6pm Wednesdays.
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Show Notes
Karl reveals a big ‘thing’. What would you do in his situation as our corrupted democracy devolves from community to community created millionaires? Meanwhile the public has no clue as to how they play out as pawns. Solution – to enable our freedom to define the future. These are reassuring words, but let’s put this into action.

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Jared Kushner’s Other Real Estate Empire
Blackstone Capital’s $1.5bn float
Billionaire hedge fund enjoys discount loans from Fannie Mae
SEC investigates overvalued Rental Backed Securities
Real Estate Bubbles Lower the Birth Rate

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Privatising Core Government Functions

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Renegade Economists Show 492

As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 5.30 – 6pm Wednesdays.
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Show Notes
Mohsen Kalantari Soltanieh (Dept Infrastructure Engineering, Melbourne University) discusses the recently announced privatisation of the Victorian Land Titles office. This is mentioned in light of the privatisation of the NSW titles office and the costs imposed in Canada from such efforts. Karl does his best to stay composed.

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Mohsen on the NSW Land Titles Privatisation (The Conversation)
Mohsen – GeoSpatial and affordability
Law Society submission re NSW privatisation
Law Society press release

Hastings & Westpac

Hastings Management Pty Ltd (HMPL) is a majority owned subsidiary of Westpac, one of Australia’s largest banks by market capitalisation. Westpac acquired 51 percent of HMPL in October 2002 and the remaining 49 percent in November 2005. As part of its alignment with investors, certain Hastings employees, including key investment professionals and senior management have significant ownership in Hastings through the Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP).

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