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Ideas, Interests and Experience: Some Implications for Policy Advice

Roger KerrMarch 3, 1988OP19

Economists are increasingly called upon by bureaucrats and government official for policy advice. But economists...

Fiji: Opportunity from Adversity?

Wolfgang KasperFebruary 4, 1988PP01

The situation in Fiji has deteriorated to the point where new constitutional ground rules seem...

Law and Liberty

Shirley Robin LetwinDecember 7, 1987OP17

In the Fourth John Bonython Lecture, Shirley Letwin analyses the way in which the rule...

The Pure Food Laws

Peter Swan AONovember 3, 1987PM13

Most of us probably think Australias’s pure food laws are there to protect uns against...

Restraining Leviathan: Small Government in Practice

Michael James, Hugh Collins, J.J. Pincus, Patrick Minford, Cliff Walsh, Peter Swan AO, A.J. Moran, Ian Harper, Wolfgang Kasper, Chris Trengove, Keith Trace, Peter Forsyth, Scott Prasser, John D. Craig, James Cox, Robin O'Hair, Geoffrey Brennan, George WintertonOctober 1, 1987PF6

Foreword This collection seeks to increase our understanding of the scope and opportunities we have...

Beyond the Current Pessimism

Ray BallAugust 5, 1987OP18

Professor Ray Ball gives a personal interpretation of the historical roots of Australia’s economic malaise....

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...

Trump and the red wave | Dave Rubin

Robert Forsyth, Dave RubinJanuary 6, 2026

From Donald Trump to the lockdowns, Dave Rubin sits down with Robert Forsyth to discuss...

The Tradition of Liberty | Senator James Paterson

Robert Forsyth, James PatersonDecember 23, 2025

Senator James Paterson joins Liberalism in Question to discuss the core principles of classical liberalism...

The Tension Between Classical Liberalism and Conservatism | Gray Connolly

December 17, 2025

From surrogacy to free speech, Rob Forsyth and Gray Connolly discuss the differences between classical...

‘NIMBYism is a cancer’: Bragg outlines housing policy vision with Peter Tulip & Michael Stutchbury

Andrew Bragg, Peter Tulip, Michael StutchburyDecember 12, 2025

Senator Andrew Bragg and economist Peter Tulip join Michael Stutchbury for a wide-ranging conversation on...

Education Reform That Works: Insights from UK, New Zealand & Australia

Glenn Fahey, Nick Gibb, Jason Clare MPDecember 8, 2025

Three leading education ministers — Sir Nick Gibb (UK), Erica Stanford (New Zealand), and Jason...

The future does not belong to the axis of autocracy: Andrew Neil on a World in Disorder!

Andrew Neil, Michael StutchburyDecember 1, 2025

Veteran broadcaster Andrew Neil joins CIS Executive Director Michael Stutchbury for a conversation about the...