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Boom and bust the way of the West

Australia's Open Investment Future Symposium | | Walter Russell Mead
The Australian 5th December, 2008

There is a lot of gloom and doom around today. Even very optimistic people are understandably shaken when they see George W. Bush, one of the most...

Tariff cuts do more than handouts

Trade & IP Unit | | Tim Wilson
The Australian 11th June, 2008

Kevin Rudd likes to project himself as the heir of the Hawke-Keating reform agenda. But Bob Hawke and Paul Keating reformed even when it hurt...

Fair trade an unworkable attempt to rig the market

Trade & IP Unit | | Tim Wilson
Australian Financial Review 10th May, 2008

Good intentions used to pave the road to hell. Now they can be found in your coffee cup, and in a host of other ''fair trade'' products. Fair trade...

Not what he says, but what he does

Trade & IP Unit | | Tim Wilson
The Age 23rd April, 2008

Kevin Rudd should stop his Government's doublespeak on free trade. In his recent address to the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC, he tried...

America, the land of real equality

| John Roskam
The Age 30th January, 2008

One good thing has already come out of the United States presidential campaign. Australians are starting to realise that maybe America is not so...

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