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...

The aim of this paper is to provide readers with an insight into Marx's methods as a first step to understanding income tax more generally but with specific reference to Australia's income tax system. I do this by introducing readers to the ideas about the totality that is capitalism, appearance...

These are the speaking notes I wrote for a talk at a conference on the G20 and tackling tax avoidance organised by Political Economy students at Sydney Uni, Action Aid and Green Left Weekly. They bear some vague resemblance to what I said in the 20 minutes I had. I finish off with: The protests...

This paper looks at the development of tax reform in Australia in the light of the rise of neoliberalism globally and its impact on tax policy. It argues that the fall in profit rates across the globe and the lack of class struggle in Australia have allowed neoliberalism and neoliberal tax...