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Cheaper Power Calling
Do you remember those evening phone calls inviting you to switch your phone carrier? Well, within the next few months you find a new horde of...
Markets in the Firm
Introduction Why is it that major world economies appear to be enjoying a sustained period of solid growth without the emergence of...
Lending a hand to the volunteers
Visiting the United States in 1831, the French political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville remarked on the spirit of community and self help that...
Deals May Save Dollars
A conference in Melbourne this week addressed the issue of 'public private partnerships' in infrastructure: roads, schools, hospitals, rail...
Time to Bury the Genocide Corpse
The question of 'genocide' in Australia's past is one that will not go away. A fortnight ago, the Courier-Mail published a substantial extract from...
The Australian Economic Miracle
This week, the OECD---the think-tank for rich nations---gave Australia a glowing report. In particular, it forecast that the Australian economy...
Powering Into Problems
VICTORIAN electricity prices are heading north. Our bills essentially comprise two components: the energy cost and the charges for transporting it...
Beef-Eaters Have No Right to Stop Whale Hunt
Orthodox Hindus venerate cows, believing them to possess divine qualities. They prohibit the consumption of beef and, with the exception of the...
Keeping Prices Healthy
Roche, Upjohn, Glaxo Wellcome, Pfizer, Wyeth and Australia's very own CSL, are just some of the pharmaceutical companies operating in Australia....
Review of <i>Exasperating Calculators</i>
William Coleman and Alf Hagger Macleay Press, 2001; 336 pages; $24.20 To call someone an Economic Rationalist is to insult them. To invite an...