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A miracle that masks a mirage
Oliver Marc HartwichSeptember 1, 2011The Australian

THE announced job losses at BlueScope's steel plants are just the latest episode in the...

Trans-Atlantic Fiscal Follies: The Sequel
Adam Creighton, Oliver Marc Hartwich, Robert CarlingAugust 30, 20111

The GFC is back. What started as the US subprime crisis became the global financial...

There’s no such thing as a free healthcare system
August 27, 2011Sydney Morning Herald

Shelter, food and health are essentials. A rich people, Australians naturally recoil at hunger and...

A poisoned chalice of EU power
Oliver Marc HartwichAugust 25, 2011Business Spectator

The much hyped meeting last week between Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy would have made...

Who needs credit ratings? They should be optional
August 23, 2011Crikey

Banks and investors should thrive or die by the quality of their own assessments of...

America and Europe jump together
Oliver Marc HartwichAugust 19, 2011

Reading news from both sides of the North Atlantic, it looks as if America and...

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...

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

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

Curbing Corporate Social Responsibility
Jeremy SammutAugust 24, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

A current school of thought urges a legal approach to stop public companies becoming involved...

Pacific anxiety: Should we worry about China?
Hugh MorrisonAugust 17, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

China’s increasing aid and infrastructure projects in the Pacific have stirred considerable media attention. But...

Farm finance ripe for disruption
Charles JacobsJuly 6, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The banking royal commission placed the spotlight on the tricky relationship between banks and farmers....

It’s not just about distribution
Robert CarlingJune 1, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

It is difficult to find anyone in politics willing to make a case for income...

Superannuation reform score: maths 1, good intentions 0
Matthew O’DonnellJune 1, 2018Ideas@TheCentre

The Productivity Commission wants to help Australians get a better return from superannuation, but unfortunately...

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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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