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New minister Arthur Sinodinos seems all for the innovation catch-cry but perhaps it’s time he dropped it.
The United States and other countries are right to reject the TPP, but President-elect Donald Trump’s claims about it are misguided.
Are the Libertarians a viable alternative to Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump? A political philosopher who studies economic justice looks at the platform.
May’s plans to transform business are more radical than they first appear.
A Brave New World of worklessness and a universal wage is attracting advocates across the political spectrum.
The best guard against a free market’s downsides and consumer culture is for individual consumers to take responsibility for their choices.
While free markets have delivered benefits, they also prey on our weaknesses, tempting us to buy things that are bad for us, be it sweet candy or sour investments.
You can’t simply ‘value’ nature as though it were a commodity able to be bought and sold.
In the shadow of a history-repeating Black Monday, it’s useful to step back and ask how we got here again.
Many of the Productivity Commission’s proposals derive from assumptions that the funding of these services should ensure minimal interference, with a classic, market-based model for meeting “demand”.
If you want to know why we in the UK see more security cameras on street corners than other nations, and why politicians are fending off accusations of spying on their own citizens, then turn your eyes…
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is enjoying another moment in the sun. Australian politics is starting to move to the beat of its drum as Treasurer Joe Hockey talks about an “end to the age of…
Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s address to the World Economic Forum in January delivered a plain, pragmatic message. The best remedy for the uneven recovery of the world economy, according to Abbott, is a…
Australia is about to have a debate on the role of government in business. That debate is going to be spread over several issues – Qantas’ junk bond status, Holden’s Australian manufacturing decision…
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