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Darcy Allen

Adjunct Fellow

Darcy Allen is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Blockchain Innovation Hub at RMIT University and an Adjunct Fellow with the Institute of Public Affairs. He is the former Editor of Australia's longest running quarterly magazine on politics and culture, the IPA Review.

Dr Allen's academic writing has contributed to institutional economics, entrepreneurial theory and new comparative economics. His current research focuses on the economics and political economy of new technologies including blockchain.

Dr Allen's commentary and research findings have appeared widely across the print and electronic media, including in The Australian, Australian Financial Review, Herald Sun, The West Australian, The Weekly Times and the Sydney Morning Herald.

He has appeared as an expert witness to provide evidence before a range of state and federal parliamentary inquiries including on environmental law, criminal justice reform and the economics of regulation.

His scholarly contributions have appeared in journals, books and conference proceedings, including the International Journal of the Commons, the Journal of Peer Production and New Perspectives on Political Economy.

Dr Allen's PhD dissertation in economics was passed outright at RMIT University in 2017. Prior to this he was awarded first class honours majoring in economics and finance in 2012.

His website is www.darcyallen.net and his Twitter is @DarcyWEAllen.

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Trumping Architecture

Darcy Allen Started 20 April 2017 Ideas and liberty, Ipa today,

A provocative speaker at the 2016 World Architecture Festival has thrown his politically correct industry into a tailspin with calls to scrap social housing, privatise public space and stop land...

Planning and Housing

Trumping Architecture

Darcy Allen Started 19 April 2017 Planning and housing, Red tape,

This article first appeared in the April 2017 edition of the IPA Review and is written by IPA Adjunct Fellow Darcy Allen. A provocative speaker at the 2016 World Architecture Festival has thrown...

Western Civilisation

Seeding Prosperity

Darcy Allen Started 1 March 2017 Western civilisation,

In the two centuries after 1500, the educated elite of Western Europe began embracing a culture of growth. Scholars and scientists came to believe that continued economic progress was achieved...

Taxi Licence Compensation Sends The Wrong Message

Darcy Allen 15 February 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Lines of taxi drivers crawled across the Bolte Bridge in Melbourne on Monday. Their protest wasn’t over pay, conditions or safety. It was over the size of their consumer-funded compensation...

Originally appeared in Herald Sun

Research Papers

Liquor Licensing: Red Tape On Australian Businesses

Darcy Allen, Jake Fraser and Chris Berg 1 February 2017 Ipa today, Publications,

Workplace relations, taxation and the regulation of alcohol are only some of the costly and complex burdens facing Australian hospitality and related industries. This paper is an enquiry into one...

IPA TV

5 Things You Need To Know About Drones

Darcy Allen 25 January 2017 Ipa tv,

These are the five things you need to know about drone regulation in Australia. Read the full report from Darcy Allen here...

Media Releases

Australia Must Cut More Red Tape On Drones

Darcy Allen 20 January 2017 Innovation and entrepreneurship, Media releases,

Regulators must continue efforts to cut unnecessary red tape on drone technology – including removing restrictions on flying beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) for commercial operators...

Media Releases

Business Confidence High But Small Businesses Know There Is More Work To Be Done

Darcy Allen 18 January 2017 Finance and economics, Ipa today,

Today’s Sensis Small Business Index shows that small and medium businesses are more confident about the future than they have been since early 2010. However, the report also shows that small...

Research Papers

The Case For Cutting Red Tape On Drones

Darcy Allen 15 December 2016 Innovation and entrepreneurship, Publications,

From videography and construction, to the age-old primary industries of agriculture and mining, drones hold remarkable potential to revolutionise many Australian industries. From 29 September 2016...

Research Papers

On Regulation, Productivity and Growth

Darcy Allen, Daniel Wild and Brett Hogan 9 December 2016 Finance and economics, Publications,

Concern over Australia’s recent falling productivity growth should centre on the real contemporary policy task of achieving marginal reforms that enable individuals to propel long-run...

Submissions

IPA Opening Statements To The Senate Inquiry Into Criminal, Civil And Administrative Penalties For White Collar Crime

Andrew Bushnell and Darcy Allen 6 December 2016 Criminal justice, Publications,

Our submission is informed by the work of our ongoing criminal justice project, which is developing policy reform across the criminal justice system, from incarceration, to policing, to the...

Ideas and Liberty

Private Order

Darcy Allen Started 24 November 2016 Ideas and liberty,

This article first appeared in the November 2016 Edition of the IPA Review and is written by Research Fellow at the IPA, Darcy Allen. Libertarians hail the wonders of ‘private governance’—the idea...

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