Presented by Dr Gavin Putland

Thursday November 6th, 6.45pm

As the panic sets in and discussions about a new financial framework at the Bretton Woods 2 meeting grow, Dr Putland will measure up the trends that continue to lead us into asset bubbles.

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Short Course - 4 x Tuesdays starting Oct 14th*
6.15 - 8pm
Following last year’s highly successful Economics for Activists series, Karl Fitzgerald (3CR - Renegade Economists) returns to provide these gold coin sessions.

Investigate universal economic laws and how they influence our …

117th Henry George Annual Dinner
Tues Sept 2nd

Equal and Inalienable Rights to the Earth
– Ground, Water and Air: when and how should one allow Enclosing the Commons?
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This year we are fortunate to have Dr Terry Dwyer deliver the Commemorative Address. As a highly respected Resource Economist, Terry has chosen this year’s topic based on the omnipresence of resource privatisation. With water trading spreading in influence and Carbon Trading soon to be in operation, this address will be highly relevant to today’s hot topics.

Terry Dwyer is a visiting Fellow, National Centre for Development Studies, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management, Australian National University. He is also a practicing lawyer.

This is a very special event on our calendar and has been held annually in Melbourne since 1897. Henry George was a highly influential economist at the turn of the 20th century who took the writings of Classical Economists to their logical conclusion: simplify business and community life by capturing most of the value the community and business create. He saw this value reflected in higher land values and controversially found that such land value appreciation could fund the abolition of all other taxes.

A kilogram of beef contains between 15,000 and 100,000 litres of embodied water. For every kilogram of wheat grown in Australia, seven kilograms of topsoil are lost. We give lip service to concerns about peak oil and greenhouse gases, yet our …

Tuesday July 22nd at 6.45pm for 7pm, Level 1/ 27 Hardware Lane, Melb

Join us for a warm night of films! See the Earthsharing Challenge film Who Owns Anglesea? This 10 minute short film shines a spotlight on housing affordability and …