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Sinclair Davidson

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Sinclair Davidson is Professor in the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing at RMIT and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. He has written extensively on taxation policy in Australia and is a regular contributor to public debate. His opinion pieces have been published in The Age, The Australian, Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald, and Wall Street Journal Asia. Sinclair has also published in academic journals such as the European Journal of Political Economy, Review of Political Economy, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and the Cato Journal.

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Can free markets be as interesting as regulated markets?

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Sinclair Davidson

Sinclair Davidson reviews The Best Book on the Market: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Free Economyby Eamonn Butler (Capstone, 2008, 172 pages) Eamonn Butler has written a marvellous little book promot­ing the free market. The best book on...

The intellectual gap goes to university

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Sinclair Davidson

Following a campaign by the Australian Liberal Students Federation, a Senate committee is investigating the level of intellectual diversity at Australian universities. It is well-known that academia-and more often than not those who are university...

Federal government ads misleading on climate insurance cost

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Sinclair Davidson

In order to prepare the nation for the introduction of the ETS, the federal government has begun a large advertising campaign to argue that, without action, climate change will have a significant economic impact. In particular one of their most...

Submission to the Inquiry into Academic Freedom

| Sinclair Davidson

Submission to the Senate Inquiry into the National FuelWatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill

SUBMISSION | Sinclair Davidson

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From beggars to choosers

Economics & Deregulation and States Policy Unit | | Julie Novak
Hobart Mercury 31st October, 2008

Tasmanians are the poorest Australians. According to Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Tasmanians have a per capita gross state product of just...

As world finances unravel, PM loses the plot

Economics & Deregulation | | Sinclair Davidson
The Age 20th October, 2008

The Federal Government's economic narrative has been mugged by reality and is completely shredded. In less than a year, the argument has gone from...

RBA got it wrong on rates

Economics & Deregulation | | Sinclair Davidson
The Age 10th October, 2008

If anything, the 1 percentage-point drop in interest rates must shatter the myth of infallibility that has come to surround the Reserve Bank. It is...

Wasting our tax dollars on symbolism

Economics & Deregulation | | Sinclair Davidson
ABC News Online 22nd August, 2008

Australian policy makers have an obsession with motor cars. Australia, they say, should not only 'make things' - as Kevin Rudd so simply put it...

Bracks report doesn't stray far from script

Economics & Deregulation | | Sinclair Davidson
The Age 15th August, 2008

The final report of the Bracks review into Australia's automotive industry is not nearly as bad as it could have been. It recommends that the 10%...