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
Run car subsidies out of town
Continuing subsidies to car companies isn't just bad economics. It's also bad for communities and workers as well. Perpetuating unsustainable...
Car makers cling to subsidies of old
Seeing a Commonwealth minister beg on behalf of a special interest is embarrassing. The Manufacturing Minister Kim Carr wrote in The Australian...
Fair's fare benefits government, not business
The Rudd/Gillard governments have introduced many business-unfriendly policies. Three of these the mining tax, Fair Work Australia (FWA) and the...
Slay the super sacred cow
There's one good thing about the local stockmarket falling 15 per cent last year: people are beginning to ask what the point is of compulsory...
Era of cheap energy needn't be over
Energy Minister Martin Ferguson has launched the government's draft white paper on energy. Having run the gauntlet of bureaucratic committees, much...
The Gold, the Red and the Green
There has been one constant in the defining struggle in politics over the past two centuries. That struggle has been between those who want more of...
What your bookie is predicting for 2012
It is that time of year when people get asked to make a few predictions as to what will be happening in the coming year. The problem with this...
Opposition to coal seam gas doesn't hold water
New technology has allowed coal seam gas (CSG), previously known as the menacing cause of mine explosions, to become prominent as an energy source....
The socialist calculation debate
The great debate in political economy isn't between Friedrich Hayek and John Maynard Keynes, but between Friedrich Hayek and Oskar Lange. This...
Convergence Review: complete, spectacular failure
The Convergence Review "has assembled what could be a workable model for regulating the converged media environment," said Greens Senator Scott...
