Fred Harrison: ‘The Bridge’
I’d pass by this bridge and see architecture and engineering, Fred sees a greater social ill that needs to be addressed, his idea of ‘infrastructure gifting’ is compelling and well worth hearing.
Ghost town Ireland
I have been a fan of Fred Harrison for many years now and when he visited Ireland last year it was the perfect opportunity to get out and about to look at some of our Ghost Estates which are featured in this video.
The importance of Land or Site Value Taxation, Fred Harrison, Karl Deeter and Stephen Reed
Land Value Tax (part1)- Fred Harrison, Karl Deeter and Stephen Reed from Irish Mortgage Brokers on Vimeo.
This is a talk that was given at the School of Philosophy and Economic Science on Wednesday the 27th of October 2010. It covers the reasons for Land or Site Value Taxation being an important aspect of any normal and functioning economy, Fred Harrison gives the economic background, Karl Deeter discusses some of the general societal issues and Stephen Reed relates to his practical experience as a Mayor who used it to regenerate his City.
Dan Mitchell talks to CNBC
Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute talks to CNBC about Government intervention and whether or not it is actually working. He debates with Christian Weller from the Centre for American Progress. This is always destined to be a great left/right argument.
Fred Harrison talks about the property tax
I called Fred Harrison in connection with a book review I had done for the national broker associations magazine ‘The Professional Insurance Broker’, I wanted to send him on a copy, what was meant to be a quick hello/goodbye turned into a fascinating chat on the topic of property taxes.
Something that we are seeing more of lately is a debate where the public sector are demonized – often for merely existing – and portrayed as being ‘wasteful’ and bloated. Bob Frank in the US said something to me before that stuck in my head, that ‘the serious waste occurs in the private sector, the public sector don’t go around buying hummers and other pointless trophies, the ‘waste’ in the public sector however, is found in the way that they budget and perform versus the private sector’.
I think that is profound, the public sector don’t waste in the same manner and it is important to remember that in any …
Boom Bust, house prices, banking, and the depression of 2010 by Fred Harrison (book review)
I have been quite public about my belief in property tax (caveat being we should have far less income tax/levies etc. perhaps a ‘flat tax’ would be best), and if there is one book that has really helped to shape that opinion quite succinctly it is Fred Harrison’s masterpiece on the topic, and the subject of this review ‘Boom Bust‘.
Fred Harrison saw the property crash in the UK of 1989/90 in 1980, and furthermore, he named a date, he also named a date of specifically 2010 (as a bottom, not as the ‘start’ of a crash) in the mid 90’s. How? It is due to his analysis which goes back to the 1500’s of property cycles, and while I am still sceptical about his ’18 year’ cycle, the one thing that fully convinced me was the basis and need for a more rational and working approach to property and taxation of same, or the ‘democratisation …
Jim Rogers, David Frost interview
Jim Rogers talks to Sir David Frost about the role of Government and Central Banks in the current crisis, he believes that the ethos of ‘not letting anybody fail’ actually magnifies problems because doing this means the bubble continues to inflate far beyond the size it would have done otherwise.
Jim has a very simple and straightforward way of explaining things that make him ever popular, although some of the medicine he prescribes is considered quite harsh. His point about letting the market do what it must is of the libertarian strain and for all anybody knows, he may be right (right as in ‘correct’ not as in ‘wing’), if so then everything being done to counteract the crisis is the inverse of what we should be doing.