Archived publication for 2002
Recent publications
The Financial Costs and Benefits of Privatisation
Food Police Are At It Again in Victoria
An array of clumsy and ill-considered regulations are threatening our small food business.
Globalization is Not an Ideology
An interview with Father Piero Gheddo on the meaning of, and prospects for, globalization.
Immigration vs Democracy
Sometimes, our political masters need not consult us on matters of the most sensitive 'national interest' sort. Do Australia's post-War migration efforts fall into that category?
Peter Bauer: A Third World Hero
It's not often that an orthodox economist with a genuine fell for the Third World gains attention. But Bauer's long-standing objection to foreign aid made him different.
Regulating Telecommunications: Trade Practices Overkill
The growing burden of telecommunications regulations has created delays, inequities, excessive costs and you guessed it...yet more regulation.
The Blair Files
One thing the UN is very good at and that's talking. Unfortunately, most times that's all it does.
The Four Corners of the Reef: Investigative Journalism or Environmental Activism?
Making a lot of noise on behalf of the WWF is not what taxpayers expect for their 'eight cents and day'. Worse, it obscures the science surrounding the issue.
The French Malaise
The French have moved to the Right, but in France Right is Left and Left is conservative- and both hate the market.
The Ideological War Within the West
Has Western liberal democracy really triumphed? Or are we witnessing the rise of an alternitive ideology- 'transnational progessivism'- which is fundamentally opposed to liberal democratic vaules?