In this paper I introduce readers to some basic Marxist ideas to help you understand Marx's thinking on rent and its applicability to the taxation of economic rent, specifically resource rents. I argue that because of the high levels of capital investment in the mining industry, Marx's concept...

In this paper I use Marxist analysis to examine certain aspects of tax in Australia as a way to help understand the meaning or essence of tax reform. I argue that because of stagnant or declining profit rates globally progressive tax reform today can only be built through and on the back of...

Tax reform in Australia is a battle between a band of hostile brothers. This band of hostile brothers includes productive capital, finance capital, commercial capital, landlords and the state, fighting among each other for their share of surplus value in the form of profits, interest, commercial...

Taxing the rich will only be on the agenda, and using the extra money to improve public health, education, transport and address climate change also will only be on the agenda with a resurgence of class struggle by workers in Australia.An upsurge of class struggle will be about workers improving...

In this paper I use Marx's analysis of rent to try to understand the complexities associated with the attempts to tax resource rents in Australia. My aim is to dissect ground rent (what the landlord expropriates in capitalist society by virtue of being the owner of land) into its constituent...

Peasants, workers and other ordinary people have shaped our world. In this paper I look at their mass struggles over tax, often escalating into broader rebellions, revolts and revolutions against the status quo. This can start as battles within the elite, and end as solutions within the elite....