Economics for Activists 2008
Short Course – 4 x Tuesdays starting Oct 14th* 6.15 – 8pm Following last year’s highly successful Economics for Activists series, Karl Fitzgerald (3CR – Renegade Economists) returns to provide these...
View ArticleThe Recession We Could Have Avoided
Presented by Dr Gavin Putland Thursday November 6th, 6.45pm As the panic sets in and discussions about a new financial framework at the Bretton Woods 2 meeting grow, Dr Putland will measure up the...
View ArticleSustainable Economics for Everyone
photo credit: Berd Whitlock Saturday Feb 21st, Sustainable Living Festival 3pm – 3.50pm Think Tent, Fed Square Big Problems need Big Picture thinking. Reforming our economic system so that every...
View ArticleThe Real Estate Bust: how to know exactly what will unfold next
photo credit: stevendamron Thurs March 19th 2/1 Spring St, Melbourne 6.45 for 7pm Phil Anderson delivers a hard hitting lecture on why we’re in the mess we’re in and what we can do about it. His...
View ArticleVanuatu’s Sovereignty Surrendered
How independence was never intended to mean freedom When: Thurs April 30th, 6.30 for 6.45pm start Who: Karl Fitzgerald, Earthsharing Australia Project Coordinator and 3CR’s Renegade Economist....
View ArticleAnatomy of the GFC
Date: Thursday July 23rd Time: 6.30pm Venue: Frank Halkyard Library, 1/27 Hardware Lane, Melbourne Speaker: Bryan Kavanagh, Research Associate, LVRG Few predicted the GFC, but Bryan Kavanagh did way...
View ArticleI Want to Live Here Film comp screening
photo credit: Paco Cartero Wed Dec 2nd, 6.30 – 8.15pm The Order of Melbourne , Level 2, 401 Swanston St An exciting evening of short films is set to enlighten us all on why communities are undermined...
View ArticleEvent: Asset Bubbles Forever
Tuesday March 2nd, 6.30 – 8pm Phil Anderson With land prices increasing $766 a DAY in the December quarter, Phil Anderson will analyse economic prescriptions and asset bubbles. Are bubbles essential...
View ArticleAnti-Gentrification Festival – This Sunday!
Sunday June 27th Workers Club 3-9pm DIE YUPPIE, DIE! concert & festy fashion jam ($4/$8) Come along & create your own shabby chic clothes using bits of the original Tote carpet (gloves...
View ArticleFairtrade not Bandaids!
Thurs Oct 7th, 6.30pm, 1/ 27 Hardware Lane, Melbourne Karl Williams Wiki defintion: Fair trade is a financial relationship between producers, sellers, and consumers based on the principle of equity...
View ArticleCommunity & Economics
Tuesday July 24th 1/27 Hardware Lane, Melbourne 6.30 – 8pm Presenter: Karl Williams RSVP – gold coin event Countless studies have shown that a sense of community is one of the most important factors...
View ArticleHarnessing Monopoly for the Common Good
The Total Resource Rents of Australia – Report Release Tuesday November 20th, 6:30pm Presenter: Karl Fitzgerald Venue: 1/27 Hardware Lane, Melbourne Could the economic value of all forms of monopoly...
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