Recent publications in Occasional Paper
Business Bearing The Burden - State Tax Report 2010
The Institute of Public Affairs State Business Tax Calculator calculates the level of state and territory government taxes on business.
State Tax Fact Sheet 2010
The IPA State Business Tax Calculator (SBTC) is a quantitative model that measures the tax imposed on business by state and territory governments.
Too much choice?
The ideas behind free markets have never been universally popular or without critics. Even those within the broad capitalist tradition have frequently questioned whether individuals were truly best placed to make decisions in their own interests....
Victoria looking ahead: Policy priorities for the Victorian government
The election of the new government in Victoria in November 2010 provides an opportunity to embark on a reform agenda to improve living standards and quality of life for Victorian people.
Cato's letter 1: The grand old paradigm
The Global Financial Crisis-first the US housing bubble, then the failure of investors to understand the instruments they bought, and then many authorities in many counties insuring that private investors did not bear the consequences of...
Has Australian Democracy Become Too Conservative?
Has Australian Democracy Become Too Conservative? A speech given at the ACCESS Annual Debate, 15 November 2010 If Australian democracy is getting too conservative what does that mean? In a speech just before her death, the radical freedom novelist...
Australia's resource future
Australia's Resource Future: An Institute of Public Affairs Policy Paper By Julie Novak, IPA Research Fellow
Presentation to the AEF Conference
Alan Moran's presentation to the AEF Conference in Brisbane on 17 October 2010.
The Impact and Cost of Health Sector Regulation
Every Australian deserves the opportunity to access high quality health care services. Those services should improve quality of life while remaining affordable. Increasingly however, Australia's health system is bowing under the weight of a...
Economists as social engineers
In this paper, I make the argument that modern "mainstream" economic thought is inclined towards government intervention and social engineering. To the extent that economic analysis is seen simply as a tool it is likely that economists will...