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In this radio programme Neil MacGregor examines the great Indus Valley civilisation. 4,500 years ago a state thrived in which it appears each contributor was valued equally. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qb5xx The evolution of the science of economics

The 18 year land cycle is real. The next bust will erupt after house prices peak in 2026. Even Covid-19’s disruptions are not sufficient to delay the inevitable. Only world wars have in the past

Because were the optimum and fair public revenue stream being collected, there would be no requirement for schemes to help governments struggling with deficits. Economists Professor Roger Sandilands and Fred Harrison point out that Economic

Is it really a good time for the BBC to obsess over Scotland’s plushest homes? https://bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00043v0… Renters are already enslaved to landlords with housing costs sent into the stratosphere by government-led land speculation. Now they

South Korea 20,000+ tests/day at the startScotland 1,370 tests/day at the peak A country taking the threat of a pandemic seriously might have prepared for one. Like South Korea did after MERS. Scotland and the

A chat with Roger Sandilands, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Strathclyde, with a final comment by economist and author Fred Harrison. SLRG: We describe economic rent as the rent of land and natural resources. This Economics

Simple really. The long project by land owners to untax land and natural resources transforms these assets into financial instruments. Competing for control of these rent-yielding assets (land speculation) increases their price many times over.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/after-the-crisis-we-need-to-create-jobs-not-a-tax-on-wealth-zxnv5qlfb SLRG’s director writes in The Times Thunderer column, 13 April 2020. After the pandemic, the last thing we need is a return to ‘business as usual’. A new start – to fund rather than