Renegade Economists Show 529 As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 5.30 – 6pm Wednesdays. Subscribe to the weekly podcast. Show Notes Investigative journalist Michael West (michaelwest.com.au) joins to analyse why Australia’s energy prices are jumping through the roof. We step through the accounting (dis)ease inherent in the lavish use of Depreciated Optimised Replacement Costs to write off virtually anything. We … Read More
Cause and Effect: Value Capture ignored, ICAC Rent Seekers revealed
Renegade Economists podcasts 337 & 338 Broadcast on 3CR each wednesday 5.30 – 6pm. Subscribe to the show The last two episodes reveal some of the most pertinent pressures on society. How to finance the much needed (rail) infrastructure to relieve gridlock pressures? And if we do get infrastructure built, does the public accept that infrastructure makes life easier? If … Read More
Michel Bauwens on Peer 2 Peer’s Mutual Alignment
Renegade Economists Podcast 253 As broadcast on 3CR, Wed Sept 12th Subscribe to the weekly podcast. Michel Bauwens from the Peer 2 Peer Foundation discusses the ongoing revolution in open source activity. He presents evidence showing that peer 2 peer networking delivers the lowest cost format for information sharing and production. Listen in on this extended podcast edition. We discuss … Read More
Toronto Collects Economic Rent to Finance Infrastructure
Frank de Jong, Green Part of Ontario Leader Frank toured Australia this time last year for the True Cost Economics Forum. He wrote this piece in lieu of exciting developments in Canada. For the first time to my knowledge, Toronto will be collecting economic rent to pay for infrastructure — in this case to redevelop a section of a busy … Read More