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Shooting the Messenger: The Ban on Short Selling
John M. Green, Stephen Kirchner, Robert BianchiFebruary 1, 2010PF19

In September 2008, governments around the world instituted bans on the short sale of equity...

Invisible Hand versus Visible Fist: Securing the Future Wealth of Nations
P.J. O’RourkeNovember 1, 2009OP115

In the 25th John Bonython lecture, PJ O’Rourke presents his view of the economic and...

Fiscal Fallacies : The Failure of Activist Fiscal Policy
Stephen KirchnerOctober 14, 2009PF18

The global financial crisis that emerged in 2007 has turned into a major, worldwide economic...

Supersize New Zealand : A Collection of Essays on How to Improve New Zealand’s Public Policy
Luke MalpassSeptember 9, 2009PF17

This collection of essays from the Centre for Independent Studies show that increased regulation and...

Supping with the Devil : Government Contracts and the Non-Profit Sector
Peter SaundersAugust 9, 2009PF16

There was a time when it was easy to look at the formal organisations in...

Schools of Thought: A Collection of Articles on Education
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJuly 1, 2009SP10

Over the last decade, schools policy in Australia has undergone significant changes. Jennifer Buckingham has...

UK and French elections highlight flaws of fixed-term parliamens
Scott PrasserJuly 12, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

Earlier this year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Business Council of Australia suggested Australia...

Déjà vu in Australian higher education
Steven SchwartzJuly 4, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

History repeats itself, often with a sense of irony only those with long memories can...

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The Smart Energy Council makes two basic mistakes
Alex BaintonJuly 2, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

The Energy Minister has claimed the Coalition’s seven proposed nuclear sites will barely make a...

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Tax cuts + inflation = 80% of Aussies worse off by end of decade
Simon Cowan, Matthew TaylorJune 29, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

The contrast between this week’s high inflation figures with the long-awaited commencement of the Stage...

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Nothing pretty about a post-pandemic budget
Robert CarlingJune 21, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

The New South Wales Budget tabled this week completes the series of 2024-25 budgets from...

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Schools are finally getting back to what works best
Trisha Jha, Simon CowanJune 15, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

This week Victoria finally embraced the evidence on how kids learn to read, and the...

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