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
Flexibility will keep us afloat in economic storm
Committing to a floating currency was one of the most important reforms of the Hawke-Keating era. Since that time a flexible currency has largely...
Government drags retail industry
Last month's Productivity Commission report on the retail industry came when the industry is under increasing pressure. Sales, especially household...
Abbott lines up with left-wing union on protectionism
The Coalition's position on anti-dumping laws is part of a worrying trend. Rarely does the federal opposition line up with the Australian Workers'...
Time to bell the Labor cat
Having a hopeless government is bad at the best of times. But having a hopeless government at potentially the worst of times could be very bad...
Should we still run a surplus in 2012-2013? The case for a balanced budget
In late 2008 the federal government was under some considerable pressure to abandon any plans of delivering a budget surplus in that year. I wrote...
Economic policymakers crippled by China-itis
Paul Samuelson, the famous economics textbook writer, is reputed to have said that the stock market has predicted nine of the last five recessions....
Gillard government must chart new course on economic policy
A worsening of the economic conditions here and overseas dictates that the federal government must chart a new course on economic policy. In a...
Two speeds? Too vague
A few years ago, our economy was stereotyped as "a quarry and a beach". (Thanks to the high Australian dollar we now no longer fear we11 be turned...
Too many economists in the carbon kitchen
There's a lot of interesting material in the survey of Australian economists released last week. But the results are not much use as a guide for...
Sincere, but often wrong
In March 1981, 364 economists signed a letter to The Times. They were the luminaries of the British economic establishment. The previous year the...
