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
Voters strain at paying for even small carbon cuts
The carbon tax and similar measures involve us making sacrifices to forestall what the government says will be catastrophic human-induced climate...
The unhappy compromise of European 'austerity'
Has austerity worked in Europe? Well, if "austerity" means savage cuts to government spending, then there has been no austerity. Figuring out...
Great expectations vanish
The federal budget was entirely predictable. The dodgy accounting. The flimsy "surplus". The higher taxes on the wealthy. The bribes to the...
We can't stop climate change - it's time to adapt
The release of the Productivity Commission's draft report into climate adaptation at the end of last month could have been a spark that changed the...
Despite the tough talk, spending is on agenda
Victoria's Budget documents lay into the previous government's spending profligacy. They point out that spending has outpaced state product for...
Nudge nudge, wink wink, nanny soaks the poor to fatten the budget
As the "beer up, cigs up" headlines of yesteryear illustrate, governments have long imposed taxes on consumer products as a quick fix to plug...
Publications
Galaxy poll: Cost of climate change survey
Prepared for the Institute of Public Affairs - May, 2012
Resource carbon emissions: How much do Australians wish to pay? How much are they paying?
On July 1 the government is implementing new carbon tax measures. The Institute of Public Affairs commissioned a Galaxy survey to find out how much Australians would pay to avoid the costs of what the government claims will be human induced...
Tasmania remains in budget quagmire
"The Tasmanian state budget, released today, is an indictment on the performance of a Giddings government unable or unwilling to promote economic growth and reduce the size of government," said Ms Julie Novak, Research Fellow at the Institute of...
