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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...

Trans-Atlantic Fiscal Follies: The Sequel
Oliver Marc Hartwich, Robert CarlingNovember 30, 2011PF21

What started as the US subprime crisis became the global financial crisis and has now...

Trans-Atlantic Fiscal Follies: The Sequel
Adam Creighton, Oliver Marc Hartwich, Robert CarlingAugust 30, 20111

The GFC is back. What started as the US subprime crisis became the global financial...

Ludwig von Mises-Primer
Eamonn ButlerDecember 16, 2010OP120

Ludwig von Mises was one of the greatest economists and political scientists of the twentieth...

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...

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...

Emissions Tax: The Least Worst Option
Luke MalpassJuly 16, 2009IA113

Following warnings from mainstream scientists, politicians around the world have rushed to implement a range...

A win for Big Bureaucracy
Adam CreightonJuly 15, 2011

Good economists believe that bigger government is inefficient and retards prosperity; good liberals believe it...

Australian tax system inspires NZ Labour
Luke MalpassJuly 15, 2011

The NZ Labour Party has been languishing in the polls ever since it lost government...

A bad time to damage our economy as the next stage of the GFC looms
Oliver Marc HartwichJuly 15, 2011The Australian

WITH the US fiscal crisis nearing a dramatic finale, downgrades of European debt ratings continuing...

Tax changes are just a redistribution
Robert CarlingJuly 14, 2011The Australian Financial Review

The government’s carbon dioxide pricing policy came wrapped in a package labeled ‘reform’. We are...

Learning from Europe’s competitive spirit
Oliver Marc HartwichJuly 14, 2011Business Spectator

One of the classic questions of economic history is how the West grew rich. And...

Carbon tax could have united us all
July 13, 2011The Age

THREE dollars a year. That's how much of a tax cut Australians earning more than...

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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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