Boom Bust video – $45 Trillion wipeout

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As sharemarkets crash around the world, the wrong people are being bailed out. Lower interest rates, infrastructure projects and money for the AIG’s of the world will only prop up land prices. Infact, policy makers couldn’t do any worse if they tried. We actually need land prices to fall back to long term averages. About half what they are in … Read More

Renegade Economists Show 56

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photo credit: thelastminute Summary The Earth Belongs to Everyone – that’s the title of the new book by last week’s guest, UN rep Alanna Hartzok. She discusses why wage/ rent slavery is no different, if not worse than outright slavery. US dramas and a touch of Garnaut fill the show. Below are the notes host Karl Fitzgerald scurries through as … Read More

Who Owns Anglesea?

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The brand new 10 min film from the 2007 Earthsharing Challenge. A dozen high school students interviewed local experts on the pressures of housing affordability. Questions are asked about whether holiday home owners, locals or speculators own Anglesea? Where do young people or the community’s values fit in? This important analysis is vital viewing.

I Want to Live Here Film Competition

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Busting the myths of housing affordability We’ve set up a competition to inspire film makers to look into the eyes of the housing and land affordability quagmire. There’s a $3000 cash first prize and more to come. We rarely hear the real story of how land price appreciation is driving affordability pressures, so here’s the chance for film makers to … Read More