Archived publication for 2000
Recent publications
Corporate Reputations: Whose Measure?
The recent Good Reputation Index is merely self-selected opinion masquerading as fact.
The New World and 'Another World'
Reflecting on his recent Australian visit, Cornell's Professor of Government notes some striking differences in political attitudes.
Commercializing Highways
The time will come when major raods are priced in similar ways to other networked utilities- and the benefits will be substantial.
Editorial, December 2000
Ill-founded attacks on the corporate sector and the decline in union membership are a worry.
How to Build Your Own White Elephant
The proposed Darwin to Alice rail link rivals the Ord River scheme for sheer waste of public funds.
Limiting Greenhouse Warming: Is It Worth the Cost?
It's a curious thing- but no-one has yet carried out a serious cost-benefit analysis of Australia's proposed response to Kyoto.
The Power of None
Statutory marketing authorities, such as the AWB, have long held an iron grip on farmers' grain. But thanks to a national competition policy review, that grip may loosen soon- and not before time.
The Terminal Decline of Australian Trade Union Membership
Despite relatively benign conditions for growth, trade union members have done the opposite- and the trend appears to be terminal.
The Topsy-Turvy World of Higher Education Politics
Why are interest groups in tertiary education so implacably opposed to policies which are directly in their members' interests?
Volume 52 Number 4
Gary Johns on the 'Good Reputation Index'; Jeremy Rabkin examines some of the politics peculiar to Australia; Commercializing major roads; Costing greenhouse; the politics of higher education; trade union decline; grain monopolies; book reviews...