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Perception gap
John LeeMarch 1, 2010Time magazine

Behind the recent skirmishes between China and America – the latest surrounding the Dalai Lama’s...

Paper tiger: China’s no threat to the US
John LeeMarch 1, 2010Business Week

The mythical story of Damocles, a naive courtier to the tyrant Dionysius the Elder of...

New Zealand misses the reform boat
Luke MalpassFebruary 26, 2010The Wall Street Journal

New Zealand was a 1980s-era beacon of economic reform and rising prosperity. The election in...

Europe can’t afford weak leaders
Oliver Marc HartwichFebruary 25, 2010Business Spectator

The Australian political landscape has been substantially redrawn since the surprise election of Tony Abbott...

Army of well-paid advisers keep Pacific poor
Helen HughesFebruary 22, 2010The Australian

Taxpayers should be extremely concerned that egregiously high salaries are paid to aid-funded advisers, not...

Nuclear’s global renaissance
Oliver Marc HartwichFebruary 19, 2010

Dr Oliver Marc Hartwich is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies.

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Taxation, Inflation and the Role of the Government
Milton FriedmanJune 5, 1981OP4

Milton Friedman is one of the most authoritative and independent figures in the fields of...

Domestic Airline Regulation. The Australian debate
Michael G. KirbyMarch 26, 1981RS1

Government regulation of an increasing level of economic activity has become a feature of modern...

The Profit Motive
Antony FlewSeptember 26, 1980OP3

This paper is published as a contribution to the debate on economic and social issues...

Rent Control: Costs and Consequences
Robert AlbonSeptember 1, 1980R2

Most of the essays in Rent Control: Costs & Consequences have been written especially for...

On Buying a Job: The Regulation of a Taxicab in Canberra
Peter Swan AODecember 12, 1979PM1

Almost without exception, the licensing power is used to restrict the number of taxis to...

Social Justice, Socialism and Democracy: Three Australian Lectures
F.A. HayekJanuary 5, 1979OP2

“The term “social justice” is today generally used as a synonym of what used to...

Trump’s goal to end Ukraine war makes moral sense
Tom SwitzerMarch 4, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN

Friday’s heated exchange in the White House was surely a regrettable moment in American diplomatic...

Albanese could learn from Howard when it comes to Indonesia
Andrew BlythSeptember 3, 2024SPECTATOR

Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto visiting Australia before he has even been inaugurated is a positive...

It’s the most volatile election in living memory and anything can and will happen
Tom SwitzerAugust 10, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

In five decades of living alternately on the two sides of the Pacific, I have...

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NATO’s Prophetic Critics. Expanding the alliance has led to a war many experts predicted
Tom SwitzerJune 10, 2024MODERN AGE

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, a chorus of government officials, academics, commentators, and retired...

Why Republicans are sceptical about funding Ukraine
Tom SwitzerMarch 7, 2024SPECTATOR UK

When US policy-makers supported Nato expansion in the 1990s, it was widely believed that America,...

The West’s bid to expand NATO eastwards was a mistake
Tom SwitzerFebruary 24, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

For the people of Ukraine, the failure of Western nations to help them defeat Russia...

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