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Royal commission shatters housing bubble facade

March 21, 2018March 22, 2018 Matt EllisAustralian Housing
Royal Commission - Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain

Over the last six months or so, any remaining illusions that Australia’s housing bubble and banking system are somehow fundamentally different or ‘exceptional’ to the long and painful history of credit-fuelled asset bubbles – and the associated mathematical certainties of … Read more

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The housing bubble that never burst, and other fairy tales

July 14, 2017July 14, 2017 Matt EllisAustralian Housing
Fairy Tale - Hansel and Gretel

Co-written by Kate Tucker. This article is the second part of my “State of the Housing Bubble” series, which began with Housing bubble is now official, commence arse-covering (panic)!. It is a long form article, so I put some … Read more

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Housing bubble is now official, commence arse-covering (panic)!

April 7, 2017April 10, 2017 Matt EllisAustralian Economics, Australian Housing
housing bubble - everybody panic!

Well this is all getting very exciting isn’t it?! The hills are suddenly alive with the sound of housing bubble music. Never mind that a growing mosh-pit of ‘doomsaying’ international economic peak bodies, ratings agencies, investment houses, economists, researchers, entitled … Read more

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Dear Prime Minister, I’m an innovation worker and your ‘Plan’ will drive me away.

June 30, 2016June 30, 2016 Matt EllisAustralian Economics, Australian Housing
innovation

Dear Prime Minister Turnbull,

I am writing to belatedly and publicly call your bluff on your so called ‘innovation agenda’, which forms a key plank of your ‘Plan’ for jobs and growth. There are all kinds of reasons to be … Read more

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The origin of financial collapse: Land speculation and untaxed economic rent

March 29, 2016 Matt EllisTax Reform
Land Speculation Billboard - Henry George on Economic Rent

By Bryan Kavanagh, cross-posted from Online Opinion, March 29th 2016

The Australian Federal Treasury publication “Architecture of Australia’s tax and transfer system” (August 2008) made a valid observation:

While there are at least a hundred taxes, they all ultimately

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