A warm welcome to our new visitors from the Sustainable Living Festival. Over 90,000 people visited the SLF and we were snowed under with interest, with many expressing an interest in what the Next Economy could be. Of course the answers were there with Land Value Tax as the bedrock to a new economy prioritising the productive sector over the … Read More
Neil Chenoweth on Obeid & Murdoch espionage
Renegade Economists podcast #263 As recorded on 3CR, Wednesday Nov 21st, 2012. Listen here Obeid & Murdoch’s Corporate Espionage: One of Australia’s leading investigative journalists – Neil Chenoweth – is this week’s guest. Neil has just released his latest book, Murdoch’s Pirates, and is widely regarded as a driving force behind the Murdoch phone hacking story revealed earlier this year. … 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
Prof Peter Newman on Infrastructure Financing
Renegade Economists Podcast 188 Subscribe to the free podcast here Professor Peter Newman (Curtin Uni) joins us for an in depth discussion on the peak oil era and the cities we will need. We examine the report he co-authored with Trubka and Bilsborough – Assessing the Costs of Alternative Development Paths in Australian Cities. (PDF 627 KB) Points of note … 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