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

No reason or evidence will cure US of its debt fetish
Adam CreightonJuly 26, 2011Crikey

Ben Bernanke says it would be a “huge calamity”. I say it would be a...

Think local and give country towns the freedom to prosper or perish
Oliver Marc HartwichJuly 23, 2011The Australian

All the evidence is that programs promoting regional development are a huge waste of money...

Greece bailout: prolonging pain for no real gain
Adam CreightonJuly 22, 2011The Australian Financial Review

Is there a famine in Bavaria? No, but Edmund Stoiber, former German state premier, said...

Growing anger in local government
Adam Creighton, Oliver Marc HartwichJuly 21, 2011The Courier Mail

Population growth has been one of the major political debates during the past two years....

Paying dearly for European insanity
Oliver Marc HartwichJuly 21, 2011Business Spectator

Europe’s political elites are gathered in Brussels today for yet another emergency summit on the...

Local councils deserve a better financial deal
Adam Creighton, Oliver Marc HartwichJuly 18, 2011The Canberra Times

Australia's 560-odd local governments are the poor third cousin of our federation. Our founding fathers...

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...

Sighs of relief heard from the bankers’ bunkers
September 16, 2011The Age

BANKS might have feared big changes after the global financial crisis. Millions around the world...

Wet ink on a euro death notice
Oliver Marc HartwichSeptember 13, 2011Business Spectator

After two years of ineffective crisis management, the euro is terminally damaged. Europe’s common currency...

Time to revisit RBA board
Stephen KirchnerSeptember 7, 2011The Australian Financial Review

If some members of the trade union movement are to be believed, the Reserve Bank...

Same cracks, just a new coat of paint
September 7, 2011The Australian Financial Review

Forget the ‘Wranslide’ of 1978. Barry O’Farrell’s government holds a bigger chunk of the Legislative...

NSW budget: time to cut and shed Mick Dundee image
September 6, 2011Crikey

New South Wales is the Mick Dundee of Australian employers. That’s not a payroll, this...

Don’t get starry-eyed about housing
Oliver Marc HartwichSeptember 5, 2011Sydney Morning Herald

DURING the Cold War reliable information about the inner workings of the Soviet leadership was...

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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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