IPA Review – August 2019

IPA Review – August 2019

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Lift Your Game

Lift Your Game

Reviving wage growth requires supply-side measures including economic liberalisation. (This article first appeared in the August 2019 edition of the IPA Review). The collapse to the supply-side of Australia’s economy has been caused by two decades of public policy recalcitrance, exemplified by Australia’s high corporate tax rate, rigid industrial relations system, and growing red tape burden. Australia’s economy is in its

Boom or Bubble With Trump

Boom or Bubble With Trump

This article from the August 2019 IPA Review is by IPA Research Fellow, Kurt Wallace On 27 December 2016, just under a month before his inauguration, Donald Trump tweeted: “The world was gloomy before I won—there was no hope. Now the market is up nearly 10 per cent and Christmas spending is over a trillion dollars!” Before even entering the Oval

Get Woke Go Broke

Get Woke Go Broke

This article from the August 2019 IPA Review is by Dr Bella d’Abrera, Director of the IPA’s Foundations of Western Civilisation program: Earlier this year, the marketing team at Gillette succeeded in alienating its customers in the short space of 1 minute and 48 seconds with its now infamous advertisement titled We Believe: The Best Men Can Be. The ad, which

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Boom or Bubble With Trump

This article from the August 2019 IPA Review is by IPA Research Fellow, Kurt Wallace On 27 December 2016, just under a month before his inauguration, Donald Trump tweeted: “The world was gloomy before I won—there was no hope. Now the market is up nearly 10 per cent and Christmas spending is over a trillion dollars!” Before even entering the Oval

All IPA Review – August 2019 Articles

Editorial: High Time to Climb Free

Scott Hargreaves

Editorial: High Time to Climb Free

The culture wars were off the table, but for the first time in memory we had a Federal Education Minister who at least seemed aware the creed of identity politics and culture of political correctness had taken over universities and schools.

Enjoying Freedom

Enjoying Freedom

(This article by David Furse-Roberts first appeared in the August 2019 edition of the IPA Review). The colonisation and development of modern Australia represented one of the great projects of British liberalism. The liberal tradition of Edmund Burke and his fellow members of the Whig party easily took root in Australian soil, where it thrived. Its influence and legacy matters profoundly

Tear Down That Euro

Tear Down That Euro

(This article first appeared in the August 2019 edition of the IPA Review). After spending the past half a year watching the Brexit drama unfold, it’s easy to forget another Euro crisis is still simmering: that of Europe’s monetary union. For many years, starting with Greece’s sovereign debt crisis in late 2009, the Euro crisis was a staple of our daily

A Pillar of Strength

A Pillar of Strength

This article by Tor Hundloe was published in the August 2019 edition of the IPA Review. I don’t have much in common with Israel Folau, Australia’s best rugby union player. We even disagree which football code is played in Heaven. Regardless, we have a duty to put ourselves in Folau’s shoes—if not football boots—when considering his paraphrasing of his holy book,

A Pretty Good Shot

A Pretty Good Shot

(This article by Rowan Webb first appeared in the August 2019 edition of the IPA Review). We are living in the age of disruption, argues Canada’s 22nd Prime Minister Stephen J. Harper. In what appears to be a near prerequisite in writing about modern political matters, Harper begins his discussion with an assessment of US President Trump’s successful electoral campaign. Harper

Eaton Alive

Andrew Bushnell

Eaton Alive

This article from the August 2019 IPA Review is by IPA Research Fellow, Andrew Bushnell In its 12-17 April edition, the British political magazine New Statesman published an interview with the renowned philosopher Sir Roger Scruton, conducted by a journalist of considerably less renown named George Eaton. In advance of its publication, Eaton spruiked the interview on Twitter, claiming that Scruton

Strange Times: Artful Dodgeball

Strange Times: Artful Dodgeball

This article by James Bolt appeared in the August 2019 IPA Review We live in divided times, but I always thought the one thing that could unite us all was our shared love of dodgeball. It demonstrates all that is life—the ecstasy, the agony, the drama, the tension, the joy and the anger. No matter your station in life, or your political

As Bad As They Say

As Bad As They Say

This article from the August 2019 IPA Review is by Gideon Rozner, IPA’s Director of Policy Yes, Jeremy Corbyn really is that bad. Maybe worse, according to unauthorised biography Dangerous Hero: Corbyn’s Ruthless Plot for Power. Yes, Corbyn is an unreconstructed Stalinist. Yes, he clings to all manner of radical socialist ideas that were discredited decades ago. Yes, he has

Regulate? Innovate!

Regulate? Innovate!

This article from the August 2019 IPA Review is by IPA Adjunct Fellow, Chris Berg Suddenly, we live in a world of policy dilemmas around social media, digital platforms, personal data, and digital privacy. Voices on both sides of politics are loudly proclaiming we ought to regulate Facebook and Google. From the left, these calls focus on antitrust and competition law—

At Cross Purposes

At Cross Purposes

This article from the August 2019 IPA Review is by IPA Research Fellow, Morgan Begg Despite the prevalence of religious liberty in Western political culture, its origins are a matter of continuing confusion. An ambitious and original thesis adds an important new perspective to our historical understanding of this fundamental freedom, but no specific insight is offered into how religious freedoms can

Lift Your Game

Lift Your Game

Reviving wage growth requires supply-side measures including economic liberalisation. (This article first appeared in the August 2019 edition of the IPA Review). The collapse to the supply-side of Australia’s economy has been caused by two decades of public policy recalcitrance, exemplified by Australia’s high corporate tax rate, rigid industrial relations system, and growing red tape burden. Australia’s economy is in its

Boom or Bubble With Trump

Boom or Bubble With Trump

This article from the August 2019 IPA Review is by IPA Research Fellow, Kurt Wallace On 27 December 2016, just under a month before his inauguration, Donald Trump tweeted: “The world was gloomy before I won—there was no hope. Now the market is up nearly 10 per cent and Christmas spending is over a trillion dollars!” Before even entering the Oval

Get Woke Go Broke

Get Woke Go Broke

This article from the August 2019 IPA Review is by Dr Bella d’Abrera, Director of the IPA’s Foundations of Western Civilisation program: Earlier this year, the marketing team at Gillette succeeded in alienating its customers in the short space of 1 minute and 48 seconds with its now infamous advertisement titled We Believe: The Best Men Can Be. The ad, which