Archived publication for May 2008
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Can government be restrained?: Making the state small is a huge task
The 2007 election illustrated clearly how at both the federal and state levels the Labor Party has moved further away from socialism towards the centre of the political stream. In that sense the coalition parties can claim a ‘victory',...
Can we starve the government beast?
‘This reckless spending has got to stop'. With those words Kevin Rudd outflanked John Howard's economic policy from the right. Australia's traditional centre-left party won the 2007 election with smaller government rhetoric than the...
Can regulation be reduced?
Numerically, Australia now has more regulations than at any time since federation. If we are to pare back government interference in the economy, we need to attack more than just the national income share of government, but also the regulatory web...
From the executive director
Kevin Rudd might have learned a thing or two from Louis XIV. The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815 is a magisterial new history by Tim Blanning, Professor of Modern European History at the University of Cambridge. In The Pursuit of Glory,...