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Harvard University affirmative action reveals flaw in zero-sum equality push
Simon CowanJuly 15, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

In a heavily anticipated decision, the United States Supreme Court recently ruled that two major...

Education overhaul for teachers a long time coming
Glenn FaheyJuly 11, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

The proposed overhaul to teacher training will mean better prepared teachers and a greater expectation...

Facts of life are conservative, but younger voters are lurching left
Tom SwitzerJuly 6, 2023AFR

Margaret Thatcher said the facts of life are Conservative. Even Labor icons Bob Hawke and...

The Coalition can create generational voting change by tackling housing affordability
Simon CowanJuly 3, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

Australia’s centre-right political movement is in trouble. This may have seemed obvious from the fact...

Meritocracy
A great court victory for meritocracy
Steven SchwartzJune 30, 2023AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

The United States Supreme Court’s meritocracy verdict in favour of Students for Fair Admissions has...

Coalition can’t bypass Gen Z, millennial challenge
Matthew TaylorJune 29, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

Despite having been in office for 20 of the last 27 years, predictions of the...

Is there any such thing as ethical technology?
October 7, 2014
Complex Family Payments
August 6, 2014
Competitiveness & the Digital Economy
August 1, 2014
The Battle against Socialism by les Économistes
July 31, 2014
Simon Cowan on ABC’s The Drum: 8 July 2014
July 30, 2014
Lessons from Singapore in Health
July 28, 2014
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...

A theologian who thinks secularism is a very good thing
Mike Bird, Robert ForsythOctober 27, 2022Liberalism in Question

Rob talks to Mike Bird, the Academic Dean at Ridley Theological College Melbourne, on the...

Liberalism: the winner in the battle of ideas but the loser on the ground
Steven Schwartz, Robert ForsythOctober 20, 2022Liberalism in Question

On this episode Rob chats with former university vice-chancellor Steven Schwartz. Steven understands liberalism as...

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