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Our research explains and advocates why a sound financial and monetary system is critical for economic prosperity.

Markets, Morals and Community
October 1, 1996OP59

Few people today doubt the market’s contribution to prosperity, but still there are powerful intellectual...

Failure, Chaos and Leadership: Ingredients of Democratic Reform
Kenneth BaxterAugust 1, 1994OP49

In this Occasional Paper, delivered as a Bert Kelly Lecture in June 1994, Kenneth P....

Should We Worry About the Foreign Debt?
Gary M. White, Max Walsh, Tony Makin, Tom ValentineApril 1, 1994PF11

The question of whether or not the level of Australia’s foreign debt is a matter...

Lessons from the Freiburg School: The Institutional Foundations of Freedom and Prosperity
Wolfgang KasperJuly 1, 1993OP44

West Germany’s post-war economic success was based on the ideas of the ‘Freiburg School,’ a...

Do We Need a Reserve Bank?
Lawrence White, Chris Jones, Bryce WilkinsonJuly 1, 1990PF9

There is much dissatisfaction with the performance of central banks because they have a poor...

Regulating for Competition? Trade Practices Policy in a Changing Economy
Michael JamesDecember 1, 1989

This volume is a record of the combined proceedings of a CIS conference held in...

Adam Smith and Why He Matters Today
Paul Oslington, David M. HartDecember 7, 2023OP199
Adam Smith, the Scottish philosopher and economist, is one of the most significant figures to...
Debunking Degrowth
Gene TunnySeptember 7, 2023AP54
In a country with a growing population, such as Australia, a policy of degrowth would...
A Future Without Future Funds
Dimitri BurshteinAugust 10, 2023PP52

In 1984, Milton Friedman reminded us that “there is nothing so permanent as a temporary...

The Return of Inflation: What It Means for Australia
Warren HoganFebruary 28, 2022AP33
Inflation is rising around the world, the sting in the tail of the pandemic economic...
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The End of Monetary Policy?
Warren HoganOctober 29, 2020AP16

Monetary policy is not the answer to our economic problems; and central bank actions could...

A Fiscal Vaccine for COVID-19
Tony MakinJune 10, 2020PP30

The fiscal response to the Covid-19 crisis ensures that the federal and state governments will...

Car crashes and banking capital levels
Patrick CarvalhoMarch 23, 2015Business Spectator

On March 31 the Treasury closes the formal consultation process on the final report of...

Fair and logical to put super into homes
Patrick CarvalhoMarch 12, 2015Australian Financial Review

Joe Hockey’s suggestion of allowing superannuation to be used for buying the first home has...

Public policy reforms will control our destiny
Patrick CarvalhoMarch 5, 2015Business Spectator

The RBA has decided for now to maintain the benchmark interest rates it pays on...

The third retirement pillar – home equity and pension inequity
Simon CowanNovember 21, 2014

The system for supporting retired Australians is said to rest on three pillars: the age...

The ideological chasm of budget fairness
Simon CowanSeptember 17, 2014ABC The Drum

There are growing differences between the left and right about budget fairness stemming from a...

What the RBA really said about renting versus buying
Stephen KirchnerJuly 25, 2014

A Reserve Bank Research Discussion Paper on whether Australian housing is over-valued attracted considerable media...

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Submission to the inquiry into the Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures Bill
Robert CarlingMay 14, 2024CIS
Submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee in relation to its inquiry into the Better...
Principles and recommendations for tax reform – CIS submission National Reform Summit
Simon Cowan, Robert Carling, Henry ErgasAugust 27, 2015CIS Submission

The slant towards cutting taxes before 2010 was welcome, but for such an approach to...

Submission to the National Commission of Audit
Alexander Philipatos, Jennifer Buckingham OAM, Jeremy Sammut, Robert Carling, Simon Cowan, Stephen Kirchner, Trisha JhaApril 1, 2014T30.08

The federal government’s Commission of Audit (CoA) was established in 2013 to review the performance...

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