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Trading Phobias: Governments, NGOs and Globalisation
October 3, 2000OP75

We live in an era of unprecedented material prosperity, and yet the post-war multilateral trading...

Setting the Record Straight: Free Trade and the WTO
David RobertsonSeptember 4, 2000IA15

By allowing social issues into the WTO agenda using tenuous links to trade policy, the...

How Markets Work: Disequilibrium, Entrepreneurship and Discovery
Israel KirznerOctober 12, 1999OP64

Mainstream economic theory starts from the assumption of ‘equilibrium’, under which markets are perfectly competitive....

Reconnecting Compassion and Charity
Roger KerrJanuary 1, 1999OP67

Supporters of big government and the welfare state regularly accuse their opponents of lacking ‘compassion’....

Rear Vision on Trade Policy: Wrong Way, Go Forward
Ron DuncanSeptember 25, 1998IA5

Pig farmers seeking to stop imports of pork into Australia are standing candidates in 15...

Reforming Central Banking
Stephen KirchnerMarch 1, 1997PM36

   

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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...

Taxation, Inflation and the Role of the Government
Milton FriedmanJune 5, 1981OP4

Milton Friedman is one of the most authoritative and independent figures in the fields of...

When ‘25% off’ is not enough
Robert CarlingMarch 8, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Labor’s plans for negative gearing and dividend franking credit refunds have stirred up a hornet’s...

Principle vs revenue in dividend tax furore
Robert CarlingFebruary 15, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

The furore over dividend franking credit refunds is bringing out the worst in our politicians....

Neglect of young people a super problem
Eugenie JosephFebruary 15, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Once again, politics in Canberra has triumphed over good policy — with young Australians the...

Bank culture must be built on moral fibre
Eugenie JosephFebruary 10, 2019The Newcastle Herald

Treating your customers fairly can’t just be a legal obligation, it must become a moral...

Progressives reluctant to recognise poverty progress
Anis RezaeFebruary 8, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Is the declining rate of global poverty simply a neoliberal lie, spread by the likes...

Socialist utopia is complete fantasy
Thomas CoppelJanuary 25, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Views that Australia will turn into a utopia under socialism are wildly uninformed, and that...

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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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