• Regulation

Most people agree that some rules are necessary for markets to work. But what rules do we really need? And how can we make sure they do not become too much of a burden on businesses and consumers?

Price Drivers: Five Case Studies in How Government is Making Australia Unaffordable
Oliver Marc Hartwich, Rebecca GillDecember 14, 2011PM125

Government influences price levels in more ways than is immediately apparent. Through its direct and...

Trans-Atlantic Fiscal Follies: The Sequel
Oliver Marc Hartwich, Robert CarlingNovember 30, 2011PF21

What started as the US subprime crisis became the global financial crisis and has now...

Italy defaults on debt and sends lenders broke? So be it
November 15, 2011Crikey

“Contracting debt will almost infallibly be abused in every government. It would scarcely be more...

Liberals Drop Ball in Super Free-For-All
November 14, 2011Australian Financial Review

Robert Menzies created the Liberal party in 1944 to celebrate and promote “the individual, his...

Super changes are unnecessary paternalism
November 11, 2011

The Gillard government last week introduced legislation to lift the superannuation guarantee to 12% by...

Nanny state taxation
Robert CarlingNovember 4, 2011

The nanny state’s irresistible urge to meddle in peoples’ choices, combined with government’s voracious appetite...

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