Category Archives: Inequality

Land taxes are hard to avoid

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Warwick Smith

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 →

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Land taxes reduce house prices and increase housing supply

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Warwick Smith

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 →

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Land taxes can recoup government expenditure on public infrastructure

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Warwick Smith

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 →

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New Overland article published today

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Warwick Smith

Below is my latest article. Head to Overland to read the original. Australia’s first compulsory Ponzi scheme By Warwick Smith 23.Jul.13 Compulsory superannuation was introduced by the Keating government in 1992 as a way of dealing with the ballooning age-pension … Continue reading →

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New article in The Conversation: More pie in the sky – economic progress no slice of life

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Warwick Smith

Originally published in The Conversation. More pie in the sky – economic progress no slice of life By Warwick Smith, University of Melbourne In the verbal volley between Gillard and Abbott, Swan and Hockey, there is a conversation that we … Continue reading →

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Women’s superannuation

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Warwick Smith

Mark Bouris recently wrote a column for the Age and Sydney Morning Herald about women and superannuation. It’s a very important topic and credit to Mark for opening a public conversation about it. The column outlined the problem (which is … Continue reading →

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