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

Beyond the Current Pessimism
Ray BallAugust 5, 1987OP18

Professor Ray Ball gives a personal interpretation of the historical roots of Australia’s economic malaise....

Australian Takeovers: The Evidence 1972-1985
Peter Dodd, R.R Officer, Steven BishopApril 16, 1987PM12

 

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Corporate Control, Economic Efficiency and Shareholder Justice
Peter Dodd, R.R OfficerMay 18, 1986PM9

This book is an examination of the theoretical background and economics of the market for...

Capital Xenophobia: Australia’s Controls of Foreign Investment
Wolfgang KasperDecember 18, 1984PM6

An early study by the CIS which supported the lifting of controls on foreign investment...

The Role of the Entrepreneur in the Economic System
Israel KirznerNovember 25, 1984OP10

In the Inaugural John Bonython lecture, Israel Kirzner strongly defends the entrepreneur’s role in keeping...

A New Financial Revolution? An International Review of the Campbell Report
Malcolm Fisher, A. R. Prest, Michael Parkin, Geoffrey E. Wood, John F. O. Bilson, Tim CongdonFebruary 1, 1982R3

When the Final Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Australian Financial System (the...

Millennials and Super: the case for voluntary superannuation
Simon CowanMay 28, 2019PP20
As a result of house prices increases, it has become much harder to save for...
I, Mechanical Pencil: Why a socialist economy can never work
Steven KatesFebruary 6, 2019PP14

Socialism brings poverty and oppression. The ignorance of so many as to why only a...

The Major Bank Levy: We’re all going to be hit
Michael PotterJune 19, 2017RR29

The major bank levy was proposed in the 2017–18 Budget. The levy has numerous flaws...

TARGET30: Reducing the burden for future generations
David Murray AO, Maurice Newman, Simon CowanJuly 1, 2013PF25

TARGET30 is a campaign promoting smaller government and cutting government spending to less than 30%...

Australia’s future fiscal shock
Robert CarlingSeptember 28, 2012

While Treasurer Wayne Swan goes back to the drawing board to conjure up a wafer-thin...

Australia’s Future Fiscal Shock
Robert CarlingSeptember 28, 2012IA134

Australia’s Future Fiscal Shock. Robert Carling is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Independent...

A euro power play that backfired
Oliver Marc HartwichAugust 17, 2011Business Spectator

To fully appreciate the subtle ironies of the euro crisis it takes a sense for...

Value cut adrift in a sea of paper money
August 16, 2011The Australian Financial Review

Paper money backed only by credulity marks its 40th anniversary this week. But as the...

Setting a European time bomb
Oliver Marc HartwichAugust 10, 2011Business Spectator

The announcement by Standard & Poor’s to downgrade US government debt may have been historic...

US Congress swapped a crisis yesterday for a bigger crisis tomorrow
August 9, 2011Crikey

I provoked a tirade of abuse from Crikey readers in the past fortnight when I...

Dollars must flow if numbers to grow
July 29, 2011The Age

KEVIN Rudd's plan for a ''big Australia'' quickly turned into a ''sustainable Australia'' once Julia...

What our economists really think about politics
Stephen KirchnerJuly 26, 2011The Conversation

A funny thing happened on the way to this year’s Australian Conference of Economists. A...

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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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