Twitter has erupted over former Independent MP Rob Oakeshott’s clarion call on Radio National’s Big Ideas “In my time in that three years (2010-2013) when I held a little power, six of Australia’s ten richest people came and knocked on my door. They came looking for me, I didn’t look for them. They are crawling all over our democracy, and … Read More
Renting from Wall Street
Renegade Economists podcast 350 As broadcast on 3CR, Wed July 30th Renting from Wall Street by Renegadeeconomists on Mixcloud Show Notes Samples: Christine Lagarde, Amartya Sen Lecture, 10/6/2014 Housing: where will we all live? London School of Economics, 10/06/2014 Featuring Wayne Hemmingway, Richard Blakeway, Professor Paul Cheshire, Rachel Fisher, John Stewart London CrossRail audio – This $24bn hole has london … Read More
SLF Wrap
A warm welcome to our new visitors from the Sustainable Living Festival. Over 90,000 people visited the SLF and we were snowed under with interest, with many expressing an interest in what the Next Economy could be. Of course the answers were there with Land Value Tax as the bedrock to a new economy prioritising the productive sector over the … Read More
The German Housing Mystery
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