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Regulation

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Most people agree that some rules are necessary for markets to work. But what rules do we really need? And how can we make sure they do not become too much of a burden on businesses and consumers?

Publications

  1. Price Drivers: Five Case Studies in How Government is Making Australia Unaffordable

    Oliver Marc Hartwich, Rebecca Gill | 14 Dec 2011 | Policy Monographs

    Government influences price levels in more ways than is immediately apparent. Through its direct and indirect interventions... Read More...

  2. Trans-Atlantic Fiscal Follies: The Sequel

    Adam Creighton, Oliver Marc Hartwich, Robert Carling | 30 Nov 2011 | Policy Forum

    What started as the US subprime crisis became the global financial crisis and has now developed into the Trans-Atlantic sovereign... Read More...

  3. Free-Trade Ferries: A Case for Competition

    Alexander Philipatos | 27 Oct 2011 | Issue Analysis

    Sydney needs a network of ferries that is able to cater to the city’s changing demographics but is also financially sustainable... Read More...

  4. Alcohol Policy and the Politics of Moral Panic

    Luke Malpass | 26 May 2011 | Policy Monographs

    New Zealand’s proposed liquor legislation marks a return to old attitudes towards alcohol regulation that perversely believe,... Read More...

  5. Ludwig von Mises – A Primer

    Eamonn Butler | 16 Dec 2010 | Occasional Papers

    In Ludwig von Mises – A Primer, Eamonn Butler presents a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the outstanding achievements... Read More...

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Opinion & Commentary

  1. Why a sovereign wealth fund won't work

    Stephen Kirchner | 21 Feb 2012 | Business Spectator

    Many of the desirable objectives of a sovereign wealth fund could be achieved through greater use of enforceable fiscal policy ... Read More

  2. Future Funds or Future Eaters? The case against a Sovereign Wealth Fund for Australia

    Robert Carling, Stephen Kirchner | 20 Feb 2012 | The Conversation

    It has also been argued that Australia needs a SWF to better manage the macroeconomic consequences of the “terms of trade” ... Read More

  3. In search of a Greek hero

    Oliver Marc Hartwich | 14 Feb 2012 | Business Spectator

    To escape from its current mess, Greece does not need more Sisyphus work. It needs someone to tackle the Herculean task ... Read More

  4. Give austerity a chance

    Robert Carling, Stephen Kirchner | 08 Feb 2012 | Australian Financial Review

    Fiscal policy should focus on micro-economic issues such as promoting incentives to save, work and invest, as well as ensuring ... Read More

  5. It's time to bust open the pharmacists' closed shop

    Terry Barnes | 25 Jan 2012 | The Australian

    Pharmacists are vital healthcare professionals. But as Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott look to keep the nation's health budget ... Read More

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Ideas@TheCentre

  1. New report, old story

    Alexander Philipatos | 17 Feb 2012

    Ferry reform must happen to introduce competition into the market and lower the cost for commuters....

  2. Who needs a car industry anyway?

    Oliver Marc Hartwich | 17 Feb 2012

    Does Australia need a car industry? Probably not....

  3. Foreigners are not going to take our food

    Stephen Kirchner | 10 Feb 2012

    Foreigners owning agricultural land is not a threat to our food security....

  4. World class economy, first class prices

    Oliver Marc Hartwich | 16 Dec 2011

    Government regulations on consumer products make Australia one of the most expensive countries in the world....

  5. Super changes are unnecessary paternalism

    Adam Creighton | 11 Nov 2011

    Lifting superannuation to 12% is a blow to the average wage-earner and business....

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