Tag Archives: rent-seeking

Twiggy’s not so crazy cartel idea

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Warwick Smith

By Warwick Smith Andrew (Twiggy) Forrest, recently suggested the big iron ore producers in Australia should cap production of iron ore in order to lift prices. This suggestion has been attacked and ridiculed by the other miners, by the Australian … Continue reading →

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TV appearance on ABC’s The Business

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Warwick Smith

I was interviewed for a segment on political donations by financial institutions that aired on Wednesday night on The Business on ABC TV. This followed on from a piece I wrote for The Guardian last year. It’s great the ABC … Continue reading →

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Political donations and the destruction of democratic scrutiny

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Warwick Smith

This is an expanded version of an article originally published at The Guardian. By Warwick Smith Published by the Transnational Insitute. Abstract Many corporations donate to both sides of politics. One of the reasons they do this is to ensure … Continue reading →

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Interview on economic rent taxes on Sydney’s 2ser breakfast radio

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Warwick Smith

This morning I was on 2ser‘s breakfast program with Mitch Byatt discussing the proposal in my recent Conversation article that we should be increasing taxes on economic rent (unearned income). As usual with such a subject much of the interview … Continue reading →

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Our houses can’t make us all rich

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Warwick Smith

By Warwick Smith First published at ABC’s The Drum Thu 23 Oct 2014, 10:42am While a recent report might suggest Aussies are the richest people in the world because of high house prices, the reality is the true beneficiaries of this … Continue reading →

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Political donations in Australia 2012/13

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Warwick Smith

The below list is from AEC data (via the ABC who saved me the time of compiling a table) of donations to political parties during the 2012/13 fincial year sorted by donor. The objective of this post is to illustrate … Continue reading →

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New article in The Conversation – Ageing population and mining: a tale of two booms

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Warwick Smith

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 →

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Monopoly rents. An interesting piece by Paul Krugman

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Warwick Smith

I’m not really into uncritically re-posting work by others but I think this one deserves to be an exception (partly because I haven’t got time to really write about it). Krugman highlights something I’ve been thinking about a fair bit … Continue reading →

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