IPA - The Voice For Freedom

Will of the People

Bella d'Abrera Started 20 July 2017 Publications,

The day before 52 per cent of Britons voted to exit the European Union, Jean-Claude Juncker declared that he was ‘not a big fan of referendums’. His colleague Donald Tusk, clearly not a member of...

IPA TODAY

Penalising the Unemployed

Simon Breheny Started 12 July 2017 Ipa today, Publications,

At the heart of any change to Australia’s industrial relations system should be the expansion of opportunities to work. In particular, the creation of new opportunities for those that currently...

Finance and Economics

The Road to Brexit

Sebastian Reinehr Started 1 June 2017 Finance and economics, Foreign affairs and trade,

A new book demonstrates that European integration has always been an elite project, writes Sebastian Reinehr. In his new book Continental Drift, American diplomat Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon...

Western Civilisation

The (Holy Roman) Empire Strikes Back

Morgan Begg Started 1 June 2017 Western civilisation,

An ambitious history of the Holy Roman Empire holds important lessons for modern Europe, writes Morgan Begg. One of the most pivotal moments in the history of Western Civilisation unfolded on the...

Ideas and Liberty

The End of Liberalism?

Chris Berg Started 1 June 2017 Ideas and liberty,

Liberalism is waning everywhere, but that offers the opportunity for renewal, writes Dr Chris Berg. Nothing in the language of the 2017 Commonwealth budget was exceptional by Australian standards...

Hunger Strike!*

Peter Gregory Started 1 June 2017 Freedom of speech,

It’s been a rocky few months for the once great art of the political protest. We’ve seen the ‘cleverly-marketed-as-so-broad-no-one-could-possibly-disagree’ protests. The March for Science on...

Faith and Society

Remember When Art Was Beautiful?

Andrew Bushnell Started 1 June 2017 Faith and society,

A new book launches a spirited attack on the identity politics of contemporary art, writes Andrew Bushnell. Corrupted by identity politics, high culture in the West is no longer about the search...

Western Civilisation

Laws of Conviction

Bella d'Abrera Started 1 June 2017 Constitution and law, Ideas and liberty,

Australia’s legal system was born just months after the First Fleet arrived when two convicts sued a ship’s captain and won, writes Dr Bella d’Abrera. When the First Fleet set sail from...

Budget Leaves a Philisophical Deficit

Darcy Allen Started 1 June 2017 Finance and economics,

Once again, the Commonwealth budget enlarged the Commonwealth government. And once again we are predicted to grow our way into surplus, this time in 2020-21. But this year an economic miracle...

Criminal Justice

Collared

Andrew Bushnell and Darcy Allen Started 1 June 2017 Criminal justice,

Natural justice is under threat in the class war against white collar crime, writes Andrew Bushnell and Darcy Allen. ‘White collar crime’ didn’t exist until 1940. That was the year American...

Western Civilisation

Witnessing a Revolution

Bella d'Abrera Started 1 June 2017 Western civilisation,

Expats living through the Russian Revolution deliver fascinating and colourful eyewitness accounts in a new book reviewed by Dr Bella d’Abrera. When American journalist Arno Dosch-Fleurot arrived...

Finance and Economics

Breaking the Complacency

James Bolt Started 1 June 2017 Education and skills, Finance and economics,

Americans have stopped taking risks. James Bolt discovers what this bizarre trend means for the future. Have Americans stopped taking risks? This is the question pondered by economist Tyler Cowen...

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