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Restoring Hope: Practical Policies to Revitalise the Australian Economy
Paul Kelly, Tony Abbott, Andrew Stone, Tom SwitzerJanuary 28, 2020

The book launch of Restoring Hope: Practical Policies to Revitalise the Australian Economy by Andrew...

Truth is, not all tax cuts are created equal
John HumphreysOctober 27, 2019The Canberra Times

TREASURY’S flawed tax model has caused the government to underestimate the benefits and overestimate the...

ASIC v Westpac
Simon CowanAugust 23, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

The recent furore about Justice Perram’s remarks that “borrowers ditch wagyu steaks and shiraz for...

Whither structural economic reform?
Robert CarlingJune 14, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

Australia’s vaunted economic miracle is looking a bit ragged after another sluggish quarter. There is...

Interest rate myths
Simon CowanJune 14, 2019Ideas@TheCentre

With last week’s cut, Australia’s cash rate has fallen to its lowest level in decades,...

The banking sector after Hayne
Simon Cowan, Anna BlighJune 13, 2019

Anna Bligh, Chief Executive Officer at the Australian Banking Association, and Simon Cowan – Research...

The Folly of Criminalising Cartels
Jason SoonJune 3, 2009IA111

A cartel is an agreement between competitors not to compete. The most well-known and publicised...

Bubble Poppers: Monetary Policy and the Myth of ‘Bubbles’ in Asset Prices
Stephen KirchnerMarch 28, 2009PM 93

Since the boom and bust in technology stock prices around the turn of the century,...

Government Intervention in Mortgage Finance: The Case Against ‘AussieMac’
Stephen KirchnerSeptember 8, 2008IA99

The sub-prime mortgage crisis in the United States that began in August 2007 has had...

Milton Friedman: A Tribute
Maurice NewmanDecember 4, 2007OP106

Nobel-Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman died in late 2006. In March 2007, the CIS hosted a...

Breaking the Trade Stalemate: What Are Australia’s Options?
Wolfgang KasperFebruary 12, 2001IA18

Australia’s best hope of long-term trade liberalisation lies in signing a free trade agreement with...

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...

Budget (almost) balanced; now comes vote buying
Robert CarlingSeptember 28, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

This week’s final budget outcome report for 2017-18 is the best a federal treasurer has...

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...

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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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