Renegade Economists Show 335 As broadcast on 3CR Wednesday April 16th, 2014 Listen here An extended podcast with journalist Catherine Cashmore discussing her experience on both sides of the real estate game. Why is it so essential for the public to understand the importance of economic rent? After insight into the world of real estate agents and buyers advocates, we … Read More
Housing Inquiry Submission
Earthsharing’s Senate Housing Submission is now online. 149 submissions have been uploaded so far, with (it seems) more to come. We were particularly pleased to see a number of our members submitting their own policy reform agenda. Survey the submissions from the Parliamentary website. The submission: Senate Submission into Housing Affordability 14 Deterrents to Affordability by Karl Fitzgerald, Project Director, … Read More
Perma-Nomics Possibilities
Renegade Economists Shows 329 and 331 Broadcast each week on 3CR radio. Recently ranked 109th podcast in the world. Subscribe to the free show to keep us moving up the ladder. Perma-Nomics revisited: Listen Featuring music by Formidable Vegetable Sound System. Perma-Nomics: The Flexibility Seed: Listen These recordings are based on the recent Perma-Nomics presentation at the Sustainable Living Festival. … Read More
EU’s 11 million empty homes a speculators paradise
Here at Earthsharing we could argue to be world leaders in the measurement of vacant housing. For 6 years we have quantified vacant housing with the Speculative Vacancy report. For five of those years we have been using water consumption as a proxy for vacant housing. This was a likely inspiration for the Chinese State Grid Power company to use … Read More
SLF Wrap
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