A special extended show - Dave Wetzel joins to explain the Charter of the Forest and light of its recent 800th anniversary. How does this act represent a right to the commons? We also get an update on his influence in funding London’s Cross Rail tunnel. What a storyteller! Show notes: http://www.earthsharing.org.au/?p=5842

Raquel Rolnik, the former UN Special Rapporteur for the right to housing and Prof of Architecture and Urban Design (Uni Sao Paolo) joins to discuss her new book War on Places. We delve into the seismic shift in housing as a financialised asset. See we arent crazy!Show notes on earthsharing.org.au soon.

Lindy Davies joins to discuss banking as a natural monopoly. We cover the epidemic of consumer debt - what causes this, the banks or the underlying inequality? Concentrate at the 25 minute mark as Lindy delivers key insights for land reformers. Show notes: http://www.earthsharing.org.au/2017/11/the-distinctive-factor/

Just how far did Australia’s land prices go? There should have been a drum roll for this announcement! We traverse through the impact of such increases via latest census findings, reference Saul Eslake, geek out on the Productivity Commission’s latest report, delve into Bowie Bonds and finish with some Adani controversy. In the midst of this, Karl takes aim at one of the nation’s leading comedians - when are we going to find a celebrity who is willing to stand for a fairer economic system? Show notes - http://www.earthsharing.org.au/2017/11/5817/

Bryan Kavanagh discusses the failure that is neo-classical economics with the statement “We’ve seen that being ‘trickled on’ doesn’t work”. We discuss this in light of another surprising election result with Jacinda Ardern in NZ (apologies kiwis for my mispronunciation).You gang must be able to recite this material with ease by now eh? Send any show ideas/ interviewees to [email protected] Show notes - http://www.earthsharing.org.au/2017/10/trickled-on-times-to-end/Photo by James Padolsey on Unsplash

Prof Michael Hudson steps into a neo-con future to position where society could be in years to come. Just why are the Lloyd Blankfein’s (Goldman Sachs CEO) of the world so confused about the state of global politics? Show notes - http://www.earthsharing.org.au/2017/10/zero-government/

One of Australia’s leading economic modellers, Ben Phillips (ANU) joins to discuss his latest research into the housing supply mantra. He provides some illumination to the standard lines. We then delve into the future of economic modelling, best practices and the need to model a certain something. Thanks for your patience, a little technical issue with our 3CR pod feed this week.

Karl delves into the inequality issue by looking into two recent reports on the topic. What is truly driving inequality? Some shocking after-effects of the tax loopholes are being felt by the young and low income earners. It's always fun here on the Renegades eh! Any tips on how to stay positive? Show notes - http://www.earthsharing.org.au/2017/10/inequality-of-one-gps-location/

Karl runs through the immense advantages property investors enjoy.  The list starts at 27 but how many do we end up with? Whilst these advantages exist at the macro and the micro, those locked out of housing face little but policy fraud, as regular listeners will be aware. How much economic pain will the locked out face before a little economic study helps rebalance this supposed level playing field?Show notes - http://www.earthsharing.org.au/2017/09/all-the-advantages-in-the-world/

Former Fannie Mae risk-assessor Ed Dodson (http://cooperative-individualism.org/) joins to discuss the transformations in finance he witnessed over 35 years. We progress to the unwinding of QE3 and the predicament monetarists face. Show notes - http://www.earthsharing.org.au/2017/09/an-economic-thriller/ ‎