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Bubble Poppers: Monetary Policy and the Myth of ‘Bubbles’ in Asset Prices
Stephen KirchnerMarch 28, 2009PM 93

Since the boom and bust in technology stock prices around the turn of the century,...

From Rhetoric to Reality: Can 99-year Leases Lead to Homeownership for Indigenous Communities?
Sara HudsonMarch 5, 2009PM92

The lack of private property rights on communal title land has prevented Aborigines and Torres...

Radical Surgery: The Only Cure for New South Wales Hospitals
Wolfgang KasperJanuary 27, 2009PM91

NSW public hospitals are plagued by massive systemic failures, as diagnosed in the Garling report....

A Streak of Hypocrisy: Reactions to the Global Financial Crisis and Generational Debt
Jeremy SammutDecember 15, 2008PM90

This paper examines the policy challenges associated with the ageing of the Australian population through...

Harmacy: The Political Economy of Community Pharmacy in Australia
David GadielDecember 10, 2008PM89

The regulatory environment that governs community pharmacy has created one of Australia’s most protected industries....

Capital Xenophobia II
Stephen KirchnerNovember 23, 2008PM88

It is now widely realised that unhindered international trade has been the engine of sustained...

Why Think-Tanks Are Here to Stay
Greg LindsayOctober 20, 2000The Age

Pamela Bone's backhanded compliment to the success of The Centre for Independent Studies and the...

Spending More on Healthcare is Good For You
Steven SchwartzOctober 19, 2000The Australian

Australian healthcare spending has increased in real terms every year since Medicare was introduced. Rationing,...

Homework Needed on School Funding
Jennifer Buckingham OAMOctober 13, 2000The Newcastle Herald

The fracas over federal government school funding documented by the media in the past few...

Trading Phobias: Governments, NGOs and Globalisation
Anne KruegerOctober 11, 2000The Australian Financial Review

  Almost any dispassionate analysis of the evolution of the world economy will find that...

Staying in the Dark on School Performance
Alison RichOctober 5, 2000The Sydney Morning Herald

There is a movement in Australian education for increased assessment and accountability. Assessment and reporting...

It’s time for a return to duty, not rights
Samuel GreggAugust 30, 2000The Australian Financial Review

"The moral foundation of political economy is not the satisfaction of appetite, but the fulfillment...

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