Renegade Economists podcast 238 As broadcast on 3CR, Wed May 16, 2012 Listen to the interview See other past interviews. Subscribe to the free weekly podcast KF: Karl Fitzgerald AH: Alanna Hartzok KF: This week’s special guest on the Renegade Economists is Alanna Hartzok. Alanna is the author of “The Earth Belongs to Everyone” and many of you may well … Read More
The Importance of the Land Ethic
Alanna Hartzok The global financial crisis has demonstrated a deep systemic failure of the prevailing economic paradigm. So far, efforts to remedy the situation have failed to address the root causes of the meltdown and are digging the American people deeper into the hole of public debt. In an op-ed titled “Obama’s Ersatz Capitalism” earlier this year, Joseph Stiglitz wrote … Read More
The Earth Belongs to Everyone
Alanna Hartzok, who we toured around Australia in 2006, has a new book: The Earth Belongs to Everyone. Signifying the clarity of this work, Alanna has been awarded the 2008 Radical Middle Political Book Award. The annual award is given to books that best exemplify a politics that’s grounded in practical reality, but at the same time are deeply creative … Read More
Renegade Economists Show 56
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
Earth Rights Democracy Tour Overview
Alanna Hartzok & Earth Rights for all
Over 12 talks and 450 plus people heard Alanna’s core message –
“We all have an equal right and a birth right to the Earth. The earth has a biological & ecological right to its future too. We are promoting a new form of property rights where what you build with your own hands, what you labour for, is your private property. You shouldn’t be taxed for something productive you are doing. What we are saying is that the gifts of nature, the land & natural resources of the earth belong to we the people. We all deserve a fair share of the profits from these natural gifts. This is a natural form of public finance policy”