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
Life experience key among advisers
David Gonski. Glen Boreham. Ray Finkelstein. Ken Henry. They have each headed up one of the Gillard government's recent...
Financial market implications from the carbon tax
There are three main issues related to measures involving taxing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. First, there is the...
Taxed to the max on emissions
Excluding and misrepresenting unfavourable data does not provide a credible analysis into Australia's extremely expensive carbon tax. Yesterday the...
Government must live within its means
The Latin phrase quis custodiet ipsos custodes used to be the most important idea in our democracy. Regrettably those days are long gone. These...
Foreign investment and the whims of politicians
In September 2009, economics officials from the US embassy sat down with the then-head of Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB),...
Score one for retail super
Even a casual observer of the superannuation sector would notice huge tension and jockeying for position between the industry and retail funds....
Finding a focus for disability policy reform efforts
Over the past 12 months the Gillard government has attempted to improve its opinion poll ratings, in part by advocating policies to appeal to core...
Mining tax set to clip wings of Australia's golden goose
The Commonwealth Mineral Resources Rent Tax (MRRT) on new coal and iron ore mines creates doubts over whether it is the State or Federal Government...
Mining tax bungle: the blame game over poor policy
The 2010 mining tax debacle must still really hurt. Kevin Rudd was talking about it during his leadership challenge. His version of events is that...
A spending bonanza that lingers in the mind but not in bottom lines
Last week the government started taking credit for Australia's economic performance through the global financial crisis. Kevin Rudd claimed to be...
