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The Anti-Capitalist Mentality: Post Mortem for an Ideology

R.M. HartwellAugust 15, 1985OP14

In the 2nd John Bonython Lecture Professor Hartwell traces the history of the anti-capitalist mentality...

Enterprise: Free, Dependent or Captor?

Warren HoganAugust 8, 1985OP12

The relationship between government and business is the theme of this essay. Each depends on...

Hayek’s ‘Serfdom’ Revisited

Norman BarryJune 1, 1985R7

Champions of a cause have always been easy victims of the authoritarian tendency to worship...

The Case Against the Arbitration Commission

P.P. McGuinnessApril 26, 1985OP11

The Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission is the main obstacle to much-needed reform of industrial...

Capital Xenophobia: Australia’s Controls of Foreign Investment

Wolfgang KasperDecember 18, 1984PM6

An early study by the CIS which supported the lifting of controls on foreign investment...

Changes in the Air? Issues in Domestic Aviation Policy

Christopher Findlay, Michael G. Kirby, Frank Gallagher, P. J. Forsyth, David Starkie, Margaret Starrs, Colin GannonDecember 1, 1984PF3

The US Airlines Deregulation Act of 1978 and the prior de facto deregulation accomplished by...

It’s the Future, Stupid!

Wolfgang KasperMarch 11, 2008The Australian Financial Review

Do the many people who interact in financial markets to determine interest rates, look at...

Competition and free trade key to prosperity

Maria RankkaMarch 11, 2008The Australian

THE Swedish economy has often been compared with a bumblebee, whose ability to fly can...

Laugh or cry – you’ve lost your subsidy Queensland

Robert CarlingMarch 11, 2008Online Opinion

The supercharged Queensland economy passed another milestone this week, although it’s one that Queenslanders may...

Unis should kill their funding proposal

March 10, 2008The Australian Financial Review

The finance industry has long had its eye on student debt, which reached $14.5 billion...

Tibetan monks fuelling Beijing’s paranoia

John LeeMarch 10, 2008The Australian

When the monks in Burma led protests against the military junta last September, China initially...

Don’t demonise private education

Jennifer Buckingham OAMMarch 4, 2008The Australian

A significant and increasing number of children are attending religious institutions for their education. Around...

Antisemitism Is Not a Jewish Problem, It’s an Australian Problem | Frydenberg, Finlay & Sackville

Peter Kurti, Michael Stutchbury, Josh Frydenberg, Lorraine Finlay, Ronald Sackville AO KCApril 10, 2026

Michael Stutchbury, Executive Director of the Centre for Independent Studies, opens this panel discussion with...

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...