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Liberty, Equality and Unhappiness
Lauchlan ChipmanSeptember 26, 1978OP1

The first in the series of Occasional Papers. Professor Chipman uses in experience in the...

Wage-Price Control: Myth and Reality
Sudha R. Shenoy, Samuel Brittan, Michael R. Darby, Lee Eckermann, Malcolm Fisher, Milton Friedman, C. Jackson Grayson, Horst Mendershausen, Michael Parkin, Peter Samuel, Robert SchuettingerFebruary 1, 1978R1

The Centre for Independent Studies was set up with the object of providing a stream...

The mental health system may be making us sicker
Steven SchwartzApril 6, 2026CANBERRA TIMES

Australia has a mental health crisis, but not the one we think. Despite decades of...

Housing negative gearing tax
Reducing the discount would likely not have any lasting impact in lowering house prices
Robert Carling, Michael StutchburyMarch 21, 2026CANBERRA TIMES

Anyone watching the smoke signals from Canberra knows that moves are afoot to try and...

Alarm bells ringing on more interest rate pain
Michael StutchburyMarch 18, 2026DAILY TELEGRAPH
Australians were losing faith that the combination of Labor’s economic policies and the RBA monetary...
Labor’s capital gains tax myths need busting
Robert CarlingMarch 11, 2026DAILY TELEGRAPH

Labor has long held an axe over the capital gains tax 50% discount and negative...

Measuring affordability in time, not dollars paints a different inflation picture
Marian L. TupyMarch 9, 2026CANBERRA TIMES

Even before new Middle East conflict sparked concern about petrol prices, Australia’s latest CPI release...

Blame diagnostic inflation for the NDIS’ $10b Autism bill
Steven SchwartzMarch 5, 2026AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

As recently reported in The Australian Financial Review, autism costs the National Disability Insurance Scheme...

Q&A – Peter Saunders – Debunking the equality myth: A critique of ‘The Spirit Level’
June 15, 2011
Q&A – Peter Saunders – Debunking the equality myth: A critique of ‘The Spirit Level’
June 15, 2011
Peter Saunders – Debunking the equality myth: A critique of ‘The Spirit Level’
June 10, 2011
Peter Saunders – Debunking the equality myth: A critique of ‘The Spirit Level’
June 10, 2011
Andrew Norton
May 30, 2011
Luke Malpass NZ Budget Q&A
May 25, 2011
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Jason Riley – How Trump killed liberalism
Robert Forsyth, Jason RileyNovember 5, 2023Liberalism in Question

Jason Riley – How Trump killed liberalism. In this new special episode of ‘Liberalism in...

Do groups have rights? | Dr. Joel Harrison | Liberalism in Question S4E5
Robert ForsythOctober 31, 2023Liberalism in Question

What is “Post Liberalism”? Do you have to be a Christian to understand it? Can...

Six ways to Debunk Degrowth with Gene Tunny
Gene Tunny, Karla PincottOctober 30, 2023Liberalism in Question

Increasingly there are calls for degrowth, not just to abandon the pursuit of economic growth,...

Australian laws FAIL to protect freedom
Robert ForsythOctober 30, 2023Liberalism in Question

Patrick Parkinson is a Professor of Law at the University of Sydney and an internationally...

Are We Failing Our Kids?
October 27, 2023Liberalism in Question

Mr. Nicholas Sampson, the eighth headmaster of Cranbrook School, has been dedicated to preserving the...

Young voters are deserting the right with Matthew Taylor
Matthew TaylorOctober 17, 2023Liberalism in Question

There is growing evidence across the Anglosphere that Millennials and Generation Z are not showing...

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