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Calpers, a Lesson in Hypocrisy
Asian investors were in shock earlier this year when the California Public Employees' Retirement System, or Calpers, announced plans to withdraw...
The Conscientious Investor
Triple bottom line: noun. A business principle that measures corporate performance along three lines: profits, environmental sustainability, and...
Kennett Transport Plan a Quiet Achiever
Because governments insist on low fares, few of the world's major cities have public transport systems that operate without taxpayer support. But...
Strident Demands Will Affect Our Savings
The Financial Services Reform Act is not a riveting read. It is not likely to supplant discussion of politics at the dinner table. This is a pity...
Over-regulation Adding Fuel to the Fire of Industry Resentment
During 1997 Australian Governments introduced a Gas Code, the National Third Party Access Code for Natural Gas Pipelines. A stepchild of the Hilmer...
Climate Case not Proved
Some 60,000 delegates from all over the world are now converging on Johannesburg to take part in a grand environment summit. Australia's...
We Can Eat Our Cake Too
Rio Tinto CEO Leigh Clifford has provided a stunning demonstration of the huge benefits available from labour market deregulation and more flexible...
Government and Civil Society: Which is Virtuous?
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Corporate Social Responsibility or Civil Society Regulation?
Business corporations traditionally face two groups which regulate their behaviour, the marketplace and government. Now there is a new regulator,...
Local Government's Democratic Deficit
The recent council rate increases show that all is not well in Victoria's local government. While, as result of mandatory voting, most ratepayers...