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
ALP bid to control the economy can't work
Industry policy has an entirely disreputable history. But undaunted, in April, the Labor Party released its new directions for innovation,...
Chilling case of accessive regulation
Having been a touchstone in Australia's economic resurgence, the national access regime is now a ball and chain around the ankle of growth....
Time for wheat to cut against the grain
Wheat exporting needs reform. Restricting exports to the discredited AWB is outmoded and against the national interest. The wheat regulator could...
ACCC undermines its case
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Graeme Samuel is telegraphing a greater willingness to allow mergers to proceed providing...
Government is just getting in the way
Infrastructure inadequacies are seen by many as economic choke points, but where problems have occurred they stem from governments. Congested road...
Let business get on with it
We would be better off if the government stopped meddling in R&D, argues John Roskam. Who was in charge of the development of personal...
Empire-building ACCC must be reined in
Proceeding through the parliament is an amendment to the national access regime, which falls under the Trade Practices Act. This gives expression...
Maintaining some balance in power
In most countries, energy policy has traditionally comprised two features. The first is for revenue raising. The relative insensitiveness of demand...
We cannot eliminate risk
The Productivity Commission's review of government regulation shows that - contrary to popular belief - we don't actually live in an era of...
Deregulation is no pipe-dream
Premier Peter Beattie campaigns in elections as Queensland's Sir Galahad, saving voters from his own government's depredations. Incongruous as this...
