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From Welfare State to Welfare Society
Michael JamesJuly 1, 1992OP38

The legitimacy of the welfare state has survived the shift in recent years towards smaller...

The Illusions of Comparable Wealth
Gabriel A. Moens, Suri RatnapalaJune 1, 1992PM23

The quest for the ‘just wage’ is perennial, but the concept has eluded satisfactory definition....

Freedom, Tradition, Conservatism
Frank MyerJune 1, 1992OP39

The demise of socialist dogma has brought to the fore some underlying tensions between its...

Economics 92
Tim RileyApril 9, 1992SP1992

This is the second book in a series which records the proceedings of a National...

Wages and Welfare: the failing symbiosis
P.A. McGavinFebruary 1, 1992PM21

Labour-market regulations and welfare programs are significant features of Australia’s economic and social fabric. Many...

Economic 92
Tim RileyDecember 21, 1991SP1992
Government is no Santa: the costs of stimulus
John HumphreysNovember 30, 0001Online Opinion

The government stimulus might look good now, but the long term consequence will be upward...

Australia’s Hate Speech Failure | Dimitri Burshtein
Dimitri BurshteinMarch 31, 2026

The tragic events at Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025 expose a deepening crisis in...

Behind Every Great Teacher Is a Great System | David Didau, Jenny Donovan & Trisha Jha
Trisha Jha, David Didau, Jenny DonovanMarch 20, 2026

David Didau — education consultant, teacher trainer, and author of Making Kids Cleverer and Intelligent...

Housing, handouts, and the Collapse of the Australian Dream
Parnell McGuinnessMarch 19, 2026

Over the past several decades, Australian society has undergone profound economic, social, and cultural change....

“The 50% discount is unfair” and other CGT myths | Robert Carling & Michael Stutchbury
Robert Carling, Michael StutchburyMarch 11, 2026

The criticisms and characterization of the 50% capital gains tax discount over many years have...

The Case for Optimism: More People, More Ideas, More Wealth | Marian Tupy
Marian L. Tupy, Michael StutchburyMarch 6, 2026

Marian Tupy — editor of HumanProgress.org, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, and co-author of...

Old buildings and the housing crisis with Peter Tulip
Peter TulipMarch 4, 2026

Peter Tulip explains how several states have recently overhauled their planning legislation. However, the flaws...

The New Superannuation Tax with Robert Carling
Robert Carling, Karla PincottAugust 24, 2023Liberalism in Question

At the time of recording, the details of the proposal are still not known in...

The raised pension age, with Simon Cowan
Simon Cowan, Karla PincottAugust 24, 2023Liberalism in Question

In this TARGET 30 Research Report CIS modelling shows that reforming the pension could deliver...

Human rights that give us our humanity
Lorraine Finlay, Robert ForsythNovember 24, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob chats to Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner with the Australian Human Rights Commission, about...

That’s not democracy, this is democracy!
Roslyn Fuller, Robert ForsythNovember 17, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats to author Roslyn Fuller. Liberals believe in the value of...

Challenges and opportunities for liberalism in Germany
Sabine Beppler-Spahl, Robert ForsythNovember 10, 2022Liberalism in Question

Speaking from Berlin, Sabine speaks with Rob about why she set up the Freiblickinstitut (Free...

Against tribalism. Take an empirical not emotional approach
Claire Lehmann, Robert ForsythNovember 3, 2022Liberalism in Question

Claire Lehmann, founding editor of Quillette sits down with Rob. Claire explains the philosophy of...

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