Ideas & Liberty
Ideas & Liberty
The Institute of Public Affairs examines the philosophical and moral case for liberty. By situating current political, economic and social debate in the history of Australian and international liberalism, it is possible to shed new light on the questions of today. The Institute of Public Affairs approaches political debate firmly grounded with an appreciation of entrepeneurship, civil liberties, individual responsiblity and free markets.
Sub-topics of Ideas & Liberty
News
Security more than a matter of trust
Barack Obama could end up doing more for the cause of small government than Adam Smith, Friedrich Hayek and the Tea Party put together. Last week's...
Labor's end: out with the old, in with the renewed
Let's say Rudd returns to the prime ministership - which seems possible - and then goes on to win the next election - a big ask, but not entirely...
At risk of an asylum seeker underclass
A reductio ad absurdum is an argumentative ploy to show a proposition is wrong by taking it to its most absurd extreme. Australia's...
Should you foot the bill for execrable waste of human resources?
Trolls like to say that trolling is an art form. To troll is to be inflammatory on the internet for the sole purpose of disrupting and offending...
Answers to Australia's challenges are closer than London
If you think Julia Gillard's got problems, spare a thought for the British Prime Minister David Cameron. Ms Gillard only has to endure another 15...
When does mission creep become censorship?
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is completely out of control. The corporate regulator is an independent government agency. It...
Publications
Coalition must withdraw referendum support - or be complicit in rigging democracy
"The federal Coalition must immediately withdraw its support for the local government referendum. If it does not it will be complicit with the Gillard government's plans to rig Australian democracy", said John Roskam, Executive Director of the...
When Everything Was Going Wrong: Britain in the Seventies
Almost everything in 1970s Britain seemed to be failing. Its industrial economy was in steep decline, crippled by strikes and excessive wage demands. Inflation peaked at over 30 per cent and unemployment reached its highest level since the War....
A tribute to James Buchanan
Last month one of the iconic figures of twentieth century classical liberalism, James McGill Buchanan, passed away aged 93. Buchanan has been rightly credited for his leading role in forging the ‘public choice' approach to political...
