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Author Archives: Warwick Smith
My new article in The Conversation – Tax reform is hard…so it’s time for an independent tax board
Just published today. Tax reform is hard…so it’s time for an independent tax board By Warwick Smith, University of Melbourne The federal government’s Commission of Audit – tasked with finding efficiency and productivity improvements to deliver a surplus of 1% … Continue reading
Posted in Inequality, Political philosophy, tax economics
Tagged Economic policy, Ken Henry, taxation policy, The Conversation
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Statistical Learning – free online course through standford
I’ve just started the Statistical Learning course offered online by Stanford Uni. The guys running it are gurus in the field and it looks great. It’s not not too late to register if you’re interested in this sort of thing … Continue reading
Addictive taxes, resources and gambling
I’ve written recently about the desirability of a resource rent tax for Australia. However, it’s not a simple issue and there are some potential pitfalls. Possibly the most important of these is the risk that governments will become addicted to … Continue reading
Posted in Economic theory, tax economics
Tagged Economic policy, environment, government, resource rent tax, taxation, taxation policy
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New article in The Conversation – Ageing population and mining: a tale of two booms
The below article just published today in The Conversation. Click here to read the original. Ageing population and mining: a tale of two booms By Warwick Smith, University of Melbourne In an unusual move, Mission Australia and the Business Council … Continue reading
Posted in Inequality, superannuation, tax economics
Tagged baby boomers, inequality, Ken Henry, mining, rent-seeking, resource rent tax, superannuation, taxation, The Conversation, wellbeing
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Great article by Bob Douglas
This article highlights how broken our political process is and provides a critical example of how issues that both major parties agree on (or ignore) are virtually removed from democratic scrutiny. I wrote an article related to this one in … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainability
Tagged climate change, ecological footprint, economic growth, environment
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Want to be healthy, wealthy and wise? Pay more tax.
The consistently measured and sensible Ken Henry this week criticised both major parties for promising not to raise taxes. The Labor party has promised not to increase the total federal government tax take beyond 23.5% and the Coalition have promised … Continue reading
Posted in Economic theory, Land tax, tax economics
Tagged climate change, Ken Henry, tax to GDP ratio, taxation, wellbeing
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New article in The Conversation about land taxes
This just published today. Go here for the original. BCA wants your home taxed – and it’s actually a good idea By Warwick Smith, University of Melbourne Housing affordability is an issue that perennially haunts political discourse. It rarely becomes … Continue reading
Posted in Land tax, tax economics
Tagged Economic policy, land tax, politics, taxation, The Conversation
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Land taxes are hard to avoid
This is the third of a series of posts providing extra information for an article in The Conversation about land taxes. Federal treasury just released a scoping paper on corporate taxation and have warned that they are basically impotent when … Continue reading
Land taxes reduce house prices and increase housing supply
This is the second of a series of posts providing extra information for an article in The Conversation about land taxes. Last year it was estimated that there were over 90,000 vacant houses in Melbourne alone that were not available … Continue reading
Land taxes can recoup government expenditure on public infrastructure
This is the first of a series of posts providing extra information for an article in The Conversation about land taxes. The World Bank produced a report in 2008 titled Unlocking Land Values for Financing Urban Infrastructure. This report assesses … Continue reading
Reconstructing Economics 