Archived publication for June 2011 in IPA Review article
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Showdown in Wisconsin
The Midwestern US state of Wisconsin, home to long winters, strange delicacies such as fish boils, and sporting teams such as the Green Bay Packers, seems a strange epicentre for one of the great public policy battles of today: how to rein in...
The Biggest Loser is the Nanny State
The recently concluded reality TV show, The Biggest Loser, contains some surprising lessons for public policy. Of all the reality television shows bombarding us, The Biggest Loser best combines entertainment with the spectacle of social...
Taxi mess an old, stubborn failure of government
The complaints are endless. The taxi driver didn't know the way; the taxi driver did not speak English; the taxi was dirty; the fare was too high: and, if it was after the office Christmas party on a Friday night in December, there was no cab at...
Identity crisis
IPA Review, June 2011 These are dark days for the Australian Labor Party. Its consistently bad opinion polls-the party's primary vote hovers in the early 30s-is but one of the symptoms of its seemingly incurable malaise. Just under a year ago,...