Nanny State
Ideas & Liberty / Nanny State
A core focus of the Institute of Public Affairs is examining paternalist government regulation. Much contemporary social regulation is designed to shield individuals from voluntary risk-taking behaviour. However, having the government assume the role of risk manager is damaging to the principle of individual responsiblity.
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Big Government: A Love Story
Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story "takes aim" at the capitalist system, as a few dozen supportive reviewers have mindlessly written. But...
Vegetarians' meat tax plan just a load of hot air
This week British economist Lord Stern called for the world to get off beef and on to broccoli: go vegetarian for the planet. Methane - burped,...
The nanny state will nag you to death
This week parliament will debate a bill to establish a national Preventive Health Agency, reminding of that classic Mark Twain observation: nobody...
Meet the Nanny Spider: it wants to wrap you up in little rules and eat your life
Ignorance of the law is no excuse. So here's a bunch of things you can't do without council approval. You can't sit in a chair on your nature...
Alcohol is good - so let's drink to that
Australia's relationship with alcohol is ''calculated hedonism'', according to the latest of many reports into drinking commissioned by the federal...
Nanny knows best
Rather than being a nudge towards a healthier society, the Preventative Health Taskforce's report is a government shove on how average Australians...
Health Taskforce wishes you all a long, dull life with nanny
Yesterday's National Preventative Health Taskforce's report is a monument to why elites think the average Australian needs a nanny to hold their...
Consumerist kiddies? Come on, give them a little credit
There's a lot of rage directed at the advertising industry. The comedian Bill Hicks famously told his audience: "If anyone here is in marketing or...
Rudd's stimulus has nothing to do with the economy
The "go hard, go early, go households" advice given to government last year is starting to look a little sick. Serious doubts are being raised...
Silly recommendations are very bad for our health
Should the Government give tax breaks for gym memberships? Sponsor therapy sessions for smokers? Limit the number of bottleshops in each suburb?...
