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John Hyde

Portrait of John Hyde

Emeritus Fellow

A former Liberal Federal MP, Executive Director of the Australian Institute for Public Policy and of the IPA itself, John rejoined the IPA on a part-time basis in January 1998.

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Selections from A Political Rakes Progress

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | John Hyde

Constituents Make yourself seen by knocking every door. Reject that offer of a paramour. Well, press their interests in the Parliament And never ever cross the folk you represent. For so say they: so says your party too. Both claim your...

Tomorrow's Reform

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | John Hyde

When reasoned defence of our successful institutions gives way to Chavinism and vested interests, the prospects for continuing reform are bleak.

Tea Break or Mad Hatter's Tea Party?

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | John Hyde

In a globalized world, there is no excuse for a 'tea-break' from reform- our security, broadly defined, depends on it being maintained and extended.

Dry: In Defence of Economic Freedom Extended

BOOK | John Hyde

"A person in the publishing trade from whom I sought advice with the publication of Dry: In Defence of Economic Freedom observed that it was 'A thesis not a book' and recommended that I should cut it by half. I accepted what I have no doubt was...

What the Economic Rationalists (Dries) Really Believed

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | John Hyde

What the Dries really believed (as opposed to what their demonizing opponents said) is necessary if we are to understand the long-term interplay between public policy and performance.

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Pipeline could end up down the gurgler

| John Hyde
The Australian 8th February, 2005

Whether West Australian Opposition Leader Colin Barnett knew that he had chosen the 100th anniversary of Ayn Rand's birth to announce a vision that...

The Big Dry ... Our Saviour

| John Hyde
The Australian 10th December, 2002

Australia is today's true miracle economy. In the past decade, our economy has gone from strength to strength. After weathering the 1997-98 Asian...

How to Beat the Dealers

| John Hyde
The Age 30th October, 2001

A recent article in The Economist told us that a kilo of heroin, 40 per cent pure, sells on the streets for up to US$290,000 and that import prices...

Nothing to Fear from Genetically-Modified Tomato Paste but Fear Itself

| John Hyde
Courier Mail 8th June, 1999

Among its budget measures, the Federal Government announced that it will establish the grandiloquent Office of Gene Technology Regulator. Amid all...

Stormy Waters for Wharf Reform

Work Reform Unit | | John Hyde
Courier Mail 21st January, 1999

There has been more than some argument about the legal rights of the various parties on the Australian waterfront but there exists a more...