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• Finance, Banking, Monetary Systems

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

America’s budget road-blocks
Robert CarlingOctober 11, 2013

The political conflict over America's federal budget and debt has economists and financial markets on...

Credit controls won’t fix housing
Stephen KirchnerOctober 3, 2013The Australian Financial Review

News that capital city dwelling prices rose to new record highs in September has been...

A dollar of super is not a dollar saved
Stephen KirchnerSeptember 25, 2013Business Spectator

Does compulsory superannuation increase saving? The answer to this question is less obvious than many...

Foreign investment tests Coalition’s free trade credentials
Stephen KirchnerSeptember 13, 2013

The issue of foreign investment made an impromptu appearance during the federal election campaign, with...

The RBA and the second monetarist counter-revolution
Stephen KirchnerAugust 2, 2013

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to lower its official cash rate from...

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%...

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...
AP16
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...

Hewson manifesto was ahead of its time
Stephen KirchnerSeptember 15, 2009The Australian

Revelations in Paul Kelly’s The March of the Patriots that then Reserve Bank Governor Bernie...

Plan delivers little bang for very big bucks
Stephen KirchnerFebruary 4, 2009The Australian

When it comes to activist fiscal policy, it seems that nothing succeeds like failure. The...

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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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