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

Please, tech giants … take over my life
Monica WilkieDecember 14, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The ACCC this week released an alarming report into tech companies and digital giants, recommending...

Fiscal discipline as a victim of political disruption
Robert CarlingDecember 7, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

It is often said that Australians have become complacent about what is needed to maintain...

Proclaiming the good news on capitalism
Eugenie JosephNovember 30, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

It is clear that capitalism is having a moral crisis, when even Jacinda Ardern, the...

Budget surplus?
Simon CowanNovember 30, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The government has announced that the next Budget will deliver a surplus: the first in...

A small step to correct a flawed tax
Robert CarlingNovember 9, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet this week announced a plan to index real estate stamp...

Is Australia still the economic wonder down under?
Robert CarlingNovember 2, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

Australia continues to gain international recognition for its exemplary economic performance and to be highlighted...

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...

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....

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...

Should the nanny state cap your calories?
Eugenie JosephJanuary 18, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

After a summer break filled with well-earned indulgence, you may be starting your New Year’s...

Please, tech giants … take over my life
Monica WilkieDecember 14, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The ACCC this week released an alarming report into tech companies and digital giants, recommending...

Fiscal discipline as a victim of political disruption
Robert CarlingDecember 7, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

It is often said that Australians have become complacent about what is needed to maintain...

Proclaiming the good news on capitalism
Eugenie JosephNovember 30, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

It is clear that capitalism is having a moral crisis, when even Jacinda Ardern, the...

Budget surplus?
Simon CowanNovember 30, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The government has announced that the next Budget will deliver a surplus: the first in...

A small step to correct a flawed tax
Robert CarlingNovember 9, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet this week announced a plan to index real estate stamp...

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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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