Tim Wilson
10 May 2015
Property Rights Are Human Rights
Property rights are human rights, but in order to advance them, we need to anchor them as moral and just. Throughout the second half of 2014, a national consultation looked at the human rights challenges in Australia, with a particular focus on the role of free speech and association, religious freedom, and property rights. While many people who attended the
24 August 2013
Why The Free Market Produces The Best Art
This article from the Winter 2013 edition of the IPA Review is written by Director of Climate Change Policy and the Intellectual Property and Free Trade Unit at the IPA, Tim Wilson. Art is for consumption, and when it is designed with the audience in mind it provides a feast. And a cultural feast has been provided by Tasmania’s privately run
6 December 2012
Is Intellectual Property A Government-Granted Monopoly?
This article from the December 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by IPA Adjunct Fellow, Jason Potts and Director of Climate Change Policy and the Intellectual Property and Free Trade Unit at the IPA, Tim Wilson. A: Yes, it is– Jason Potts Like most justifications of state intervention, intellectual property purports to solve a problem of market failure. New ideas
13 August 2012
Class in America
This article from the August 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by Director of Climate Policy and the Free Trade and Intellectual Property units at the IPA, Tim Wilson. One of the great strengths of American society has been its social mobility. But according to the American Enterprise Institute’s Charles Murray, that social mobility and the connection between average
20 April 2012
The Debate Rages On
This article from the April 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by Director of Climate Change Policy and the IP and Free Trade Unit at the IPA, Tim Wilson. Following on from his earlier bestseller, professor Ian Plimer has continued his substantial contribution to climate change scepticism through ‘How to Get Expelled From School: A Guide to Climate Change
28 August 2011
The Sunday Debate: Are Juries A Waste Of Time?
Ainslie Van Onselen and Tim Wilson go head-to-head on whether or not juries are a waste of time. AINSLIE VAN ONSELEN: Ask anyone who has sat on a jury trial and you will hear spine-chilling stories: jury members changing their minds at the 11th hour because they want to get home for the weekend; assumptions of guilt due to race
