Buyers Strike Goes Mainstream

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Renegade Economists Show 175 Broadcast on 3CR, Wed March 30th Listen to the show Subscribe to the podcast As the Don’t Buy Now campaign hits fever pitch, the Age had our campaign as the lead story for most of the day. Google News Australia ranked the Buyers Strike at no1, as did Yahoo. The day started with David Collyer interviewed … Read More

Buyers Strike Special on air

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Renegade Economists radio As broadcast on 3CR, Wednesday March 23rd. Prosper campaigner David Collyer was our featured guest this week as we dissect the energy behind week 1 of the rampaging Home Buyer’s Strike. We have now flown up the GetUp forum’s charts to number 8 with over 1865 votes in 10 days. This is encouraging! A passionate show about … Read More

Zap 2010

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Renegade Economists Podcast 165 A year of highlights with audio snippets telling the year that it was. Featuring Robert McAlpine, Bryan Kavanagh, Emeretta Cross, Sharon Beder, Paraic Lally, Alanna Hartzok, Michael Hudson, Dave Giesen, Polly Cleveland, Keith Olbermann, Wendell Fitzgerald, Steven Spadijer, Ross Gittins, and Russell Edington. Listen to the audio story

Cyber Rents

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Renegade Economists Show 162 As broadcast on 3CR – Dec 1st, 2010 Subscribe to the podcast Cyber Rents: IT expert Jim Stogdill discusses how rent rakers curtail innovation and undermine the future of the internet. Listen here Read his stirling article Points of Control = Rents. Jim finishes off the article with this apt quote: On a related note, last … Read More

Ross Gittins on the Renegades

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Renegade Economists Podcast 150 As broadcast on the 3CR – Wed Sep 1st, 2010 Subscribe to the podcast Ross Gittins: “Economists Wake Up” – One of Australia’s most respected economic commentators joins us for a special show analysing the reputation of economists. Listen to the show here Read Ross’s regular Fairfax columns Music – Merdeka, red_robin