People & associates
Michael Warby
The moral value of free markets
Speech from the launch of Richard Morgan's Lessons From The Global Financial Crisis: The Relevance of Adam Smith on Morality and Free Markets. We are here today to launch Richard Morgan's book, a book that applies 18th century wisdom to current...
Impact and Outcome of Regulation on the Economy
There is an understandable tendency for people to dismiss 'regulation' as a boring topic for economists. But the effects, for good and ill, of regulation pervade everyday life. Regulation profoundly affects what you can and cannot buy, how much...
The Rewards of Cultural Incompetence
Worried by One Nation? Can't understand the backlash from the bush? Time to take a closer look at the cultural dimension of voter resentment.
Fit For the West: The Western Australian Approach to Labour Market Regulation
Given the importance of export markets—particularly for the capital-intensive mining industry—to the Western Australian economy, its labour market regulation needs to suit its export-focused economy.
Making Welfare Sustainable
Despite policies to improve economic efficiency and better target welfare, the welfare state continues to expand. But it can't do so forever.
Wildlife Stocks
Michael Warby interviews John Wamsley.
Editorial, December 1999
The popular rejection of the republic proposal will probably confirm many members of Australian elites in their horror of citizen-initiated referendums (CIR). They will take it as further proof that you can't trust the people.
Who's ABC? The ABC, Staff Capture and the Obstacles to Accountability
As this IPA Backgrounder shows, the ABC provides a case study of the problems of public ownership.
Editorial, September 1999
The articles by Peter Reith and Kerry Corke in this issue of the Review refer to just some of the technical problems contained within the proposed changes to the Australian Constitution.
Ambush in Cyberspace
NGOs, the Internet and the MAI. The MAI story is a simple one, clearly set out in Professor David Henderson's recent essay, The MAI Affair: A Story and Its Lessons.