Your Residence: Rent or Buy?
In this article, I will compare the alternatives of the decision to rent or buy your own home after outlining the sometimes hidden costs of home ownership. Perhaps you have heard the statement, “Rent money is dead money!”, or the question, “Why pay someone else’s mortgage?” I have usually heard these lines on television commercials from building companies or real estate agents wanting to sell me a house. Associated with these ideas may be statements like, “when I own my house, I can live rent free”. Can a person live, ‘rent free’?
A Summary of the Austrian Economists
The Ludwig von Mises Institute provides articles about the Austrian School of economics and the major economists in the school. This short piece attempts to compliment these works. It presents an overview (in the form of a table) of the four main Austrian School economists and their major works.
Privatise the Murray-Darling River System
This article argues in favour of the privatisation of the Murray-Darling River System by advancing four main arguments in favour of privatisation.
The Privatisation of Telstra
This article argues in favour of the privatisation of Telstra, with a defense of private property in general and an application to Telstra.
Economic Factors and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory in Australia
This thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) at Macquarie University, Sydney.
