Economics & Deregulation
Economics & Deregulation
Economic policy research has been a core area of the Institute of Public Affairs since the IPA was founded in 1943. The IPA examines state and federal tax, spending and regulatory initiatives, looking carefully at the unintended consequences of government intervention in the economy. Of particular interest are tax reform, government spending, industrial relations, trade liberalisation, economic freedom, physical and intellectual property rights and regulation.
Sub-topics of Economics & Deregulation
- The Global Financial Crisis
- Deregulation Unit
- Work Reform and Productivity Unit
- Housing: The Great Australian Dream Project
- Energy
- Media, Telecommunications and IT Unit
- Trade & IP Unit
- Northern Australia Project
News
Taxes on carbon too drastic and too soon
Julia Gillard's loss of voter confidence was massively compounded by her reneging on the pledge that "there will be no carbon tax under a...
Tax competition? Bring. It. On.
In his latest contribution to The Drum, former journalist at The Australian newspaper, Mike Steketee, admonished the use of tax havens by...
Ravenous monsters of the deep have woken
The tax leviathan is always hungry, but now it is deep in debt its appetite for taxes has reached a fever pitch in almost every developed economy....
Subsidies are unfair to the motor industry
Car industry workers need certainty and security about their future. That's why the Gillard Government should declare the current $5.4 billion in...
Insane obsession: Australia's auto industry waste
In his foreword to the 2008 A New Car Plan for a Greener Future, Kevin Rudd observed that half a century had lapsed between the first demonstration...
Defining investment in the federal budget
Language matters, and the Gillard Government is acutely aware of this as demonstrated by the manner in which it abuses it when discussing aspects...
Publications
Ford closure proves car subsidies must end
"Ford's announced closures are a clear reminder Australians are being taken for a ride by multinational car companies and governments that pander to them, and it must end", said Tim Wilson, Director of the IP and Free Trade Unit at the free market...
Commonwealth reform negative value-adding components
Programs Identified with Negative Benefits
Failed Budget compounded by Baby Bonus trickery: IPA
The Gillard government proposal to abolish the Baby Bonus scheme in the 2012 13 Budget will be more than nullified by the ballooning welfare state, according to free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. ‘Abolishing the Baby...
