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Chris Berg
Research Fellow; Editor, IPA Review
Chris Berg is a Research Fellow with the Institute of Public Affairs and Editor of the IPA Review. He also the head of the IPA's Media, Telecommunications and IT Unit, and Director of the IPA Nanny State Project. He is a regular columnist with the Sunday Age covering cultural, political and economic issues.
His monograph, The Growth of Australia's Regulatory State: Ideology, accountability and the mega-regulators, was published in 2008, and his co-edited book (with Andrew Kemp) 100 Great Books of Freedom: Australian liberals, conservatives and libertarians on individual liberty and prosperity will be published by Connor Court Press in 2009.
Contact details
Telephone: 0402 257 681
Address: Level 2 410 Collins St, Melbourne 3000 vic
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