Mary Rose Liverani, author of ‘Sicily, a Captive Land’ joins to discuss the relationship between the Catholic Church and mafia in Sicily, then onto the land reform zest in Scotland. Show Notes - http://www.earthsharing.org.au/1kEMusic - Doctor Turtle (free music agency)Image - https://unsplash.com/samx

Jason Murphy (www.thomasthethinkengine.com) joins to discuss his wake up call that small business has dried up in the face of the immense profits in real estate speculation. Economics IS interesting!Show notes Image

A broadcast of the Quarter Acre panel: ‘On the Home Front: Where is our Great Australian Dream? featuring Moreland Cr Meaghan Hopper, artist Jessie Scott and your host Karl FitzgeraldShow Notes

Zbigniew Dumienski (Uni of Auckland) discusses his research on the world of micro states - tiny nations making a splash in a world of big problems. We cover the usual unusual - from customary land title, fishing rights, foreign aid to …manufacturing screwdrivers.Show notesImage - https://unsplash.com/grakozy

The Pricing Pork-Barrel: Rick Rybeck (justeconomicsllc.com) joins us from Washington to discuss the intricacies to PM Turnbull’s infrastructure breakthrough - land value capture. Finally we are getting somewhere. Thanks for your support.Show notes

Bioprospecting our future: Prof Natalie Stoianoff (UTS, Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney, and the Director of the Intellectual Property Program) discusses the legal side to pharmaceutical efforts to privatise nature. Then Anne Poelina, indigenous elder from the Kimberly discusses bioprospecting amidst the need for earth rights and geoparks.Show Notes

AJ Gupta (taxnotes.com) joins to discuss the growing pressure on MNCs to pay their fair share. Gupta moderated a prestigious panel in NY on the topic of tax evasion and gives insights beyond OECD recommendations announced this week. www.earthsharing.org.au

And off to the Global Conference on Environmental Tax we go! Interviews with Agime Berteri (Author Symphony of Energy) and Sven Rudolph (Kyoto Uni) on carbon pricing and the political economy of such challenging policy.Show NotesPic - Demi Kwant

Karl runs through the US tour in detail, with more time on economic pressures through LA, SF, Detroit and almost …..NY, hoping that the story helps spell out the purpose of this reform for one of our favourite listeners. He finishes off the show late at night …. www.earthsharing.org.auShow notes soon!

Maureen Taylor from the Michigan Welfare Rights Organisation takes us on a rolling tour of Detroit’s development district and hits us punch after punch with insiders making easy money. A unique insight on ‘community development’ – boy can she tell a story or what!Show Notes