Renegade Economists Subscribe to the weekly show linking economics to reality in an age of monopoly. Michael Hudson was recently interviewed for our 200th show, following his visit to President Medvedev’s Global Policy Forum. The interview has gone viral following a link from Naked Capitalism and Michael’s popular site. Listen here Transcription Karl Fitzgerald: Michael Hudson, our old friend here … Read More
Polly Higgins: Taking Ecocide to the UN
Renegade Economists Show 199 Celebrating 4 years on air. Subscribe now. Global activist Polly Higgins discusses the legal moves to protect the environment from corporate entities. Listen here Her websites are: Trees Have Rights Too Eradicating Ecocide – the book Polly Higgins Polly is currently touring Australia. Following the interview we discuss our new documentary Real Estate 4 Ransom, the … Read More
Speculative Vacancies and Real Estate 4 Ransom
Download the Speculative Vacancies report As written up in The Age today, p5: Speculators ‘locking up’ empty dwellings that could be homes Michelle Griffin PROPERTY speculators have locked up 46,220 empty homes in metropolitan Melbourne, the housing campaign group Earthsharing Australia says. In a documentary soon to be released, Real Estate 4 Ransom, the group says that 4.95 per cent … Read More
Carbon Tax Positives
The Gillard Government’s Clean Energy Future plan signifies that the game is up for the free rider’s polluting our planet. The Carbon Tax of $23 per tonne of carbon for July 1 2012 – June 30 2013 sends a clear message that polluters must pay. In this age of compromise politics, the industry lobbyists who seem to have won are … Read More
How Public Libraries add to Land Values
An interesting report by the Fels Institute of Government (University of Pennsylvania) was quoted in Yes Magazine: … [We] found that within 1/4 mile of one of Philadelphia’s 54 branches, the value of a home rose by $9,630. Overall, Philadelphia’s public libraries added $698 million to home values—which in turn generated an additional $18.5 million in property taxes to the … Read More