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It’s official: Australia spends more than enough on schools
Blaise JosephSeptember 21, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The education debate at the next federal election is shaping up to be about the...

Airport regulation calls take off
Charles JacobsSeptember 14, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

Airlines’ ongoing calls for greater government regulation of airport fees ignore many of the benefits...

Buying votes easier than selling good policies
Robert CarlingSeptember 7, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

Does the nature of a democracy change when an increasing majority of its voters receive...

Why you can’t afford childcare
Eugenie JosephAugust 31, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

Childcare is becoming less affordable in Australia, despite billions of dollars in public subsidies —...

The storm in the inequality teacup
Robert CarlingAugust 31, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The idea that economic inequality is a problem — and an increasing one — demanding...

Everything falls before politics
Simon CowanAugust 24, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

Big businesses in Australia will not be getting their small tax cuts eight years in...

The Condensed Wealth of Nations and The Incredibly Condensed Theory of Moral Sentiments
Eamonn ButlerJune 12, 2012OP126

Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations is one of the most important books ever written....

Regulation or Strangulation? Banking After the Global Financial Crisis
Ian Harper, Robert CarlingJune 12, 2012PF23

Rightly or wrongly, inadequate regulation of finance has taken much of the blame for the...

Flight of the Kiwi: Addressing the Brain Drain
Andrew Patterson, David Kirk, Don Turkington, Luke MalpassMarch 27, 2012PF22

In early 2009, the NZ government established the 2025 Taskforce to provide recommendations on closing...

The Henry Tax Review: A Liberal Critique
March 14, 2012IA130

The public release of Australia’s Future Tax System—known as the Henry review—in May 2010 sparked...

A Waste of Energy: Why The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is redundant
Oliver Marc HartwichMarch 1, 2012PM129

The federal government’s plans to establish a Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) should be scrapped....

Future Funds or Future Eaters? The Case Against a Sovereign Wealth Fund for Australia
Robert Carling, Stephen KirchnerFebruary 20, 2012PM126

This paper considers the arguments for and against greater use of a sovereign wealth fund...

The failure of German banking
Oliver Marc HartwichSeptember 30, 2010Business Spectator

In which country would you expect to find that 15 of the largest 20 banks...

Fiscal authority the way to go
Robert CarlingSeptember 21, 2010The Australian (Business)

One of the governance reforms that both Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott conceded to the...

Grave euro doubts remain
Oliver Marc HartwichAugust 19, 2010Business Spectator

The stronger the fears about a double-dip recession in the US grow, the better it...

Bond market vigilantes should also weigh the risks of continued inactivity
Stephen KirchnerApril 13, 2010Sydney Morning Herald

Global bond markets are jittery against a backdrop of unprecedented fiscal deficits, the monetisation of...

Benefits grow in monthly CPI data
Stephen KirchnerMarch 1, 2010Canberra Times

Timely information is crucial to the conduct of monetary policy. Yet the single most important...

Imbalances essential to global economic system
Stephen KirchnerJanuary 22, 2010The Australian

The federal Treasury’s David Gruen recently told a conference at the University of Western Australia...

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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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