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
Good oil refined out of existence
Caltex has seen its share price value outperform that of similar stocks in recent weeks. Usually it is a promising new investment that drives a...
Behavioural economics: an excuse to tax and regulate
Few areas of study are as fashionable as behavioural economics - the integration of psychological factors into economic analysis. No wonder....
Let European dogs lie
Australians will be surprised to learn that, apparently, the federal government now has responsibility to help the city of Athens pay for the...
It's time to bring back the thrift
Ted Baillieu plans to shave 3600 jobs from Victoria's bloated public service. The state of Wisconsin in the US, with a population similar to...
We'll huff, we'll puff, we'll blow the budget into surplus
Bill Clinton famously said, "It's the economy, stupid". So it is. Unsuccessful politicians might be inclined to argue, "It's the stupid economy"....
Farmers feeling the squeeze of marketplace realities
We are a pessimistic bunch. Apparently no-one will win out of the supermarket price wars. The farmers will lose: Nick Xenophon claimed that...
Who'll drag us free of our heavy debt burden?
While most Australians were tanning themselves at the beach during their summer breaks, the federal opposition and the Gillard government traded...
Renewable energy rules lose traction
Energy policy in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries is spurred by concerns that gas and oil are becoming...
Danger of new thickets of gas regulation
Peter Roberts' "Globalised gas pricing has local costs" (Talking Point, January 30) applauds the commonwealth's National Energy Security...
Labor's Texta moment
It's only January but we've already got the quote of the year. "We will be getting the butcher paper and Textas out and solving the...
