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Book Reviews

The IPA Review features reviews of the most important and groundbreaking books with every edition. On this page you will find our collection of book reviews from the IPA Review.
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Remember When Art Was Beautiful?: A New Book Launches A Spirited Attack On The Identity Politics Of Contemporary Art

Remember When Art Was Beautiful?: A New Book Launches A Spirited Attack On The Identity Politics Of Contemporary Art

Andrew Bushnell 20 July 2017 Book reviews, Publications,

Corrupted by identity politics, high culture in the West is no longer about the search for truth or beauty, but merely a tool for the advancement of leftist social engineering. So argues Wall...

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Power And The Passion

Power And The Passion

Richard Allsop Started 1 March 2017 Book reviews, Government services,

Paul Keating’s economic reforms put today’s poll-driven politicians to shame, writes Richard Allsop. Almost a decade ago, the IPA Review published a cover story about Paul Keating headlined ‘What...

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Private Order

Private Order

Darcy Allen 9 November 2016 Book reviews, Ideas and liberty,

Libertarians hail the wonders of ‘private governance’-the idea that left to their own devices, free people will organise themselves without needing the coercive power of the state. To...

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Left Behind: Critiquing The Idealism Of Marxist Intellectuals Reveals The Failures Of Leftist Thought Since The Mid-20th Century

Left Behind: Critiquing The Idealism Of Marxist Intellectuals Reveals The Failures Of Leftist Thought Since The Mid-20th Century

Scott Hargreaves 1 August 2016 Book reviews, Education and skills,

To judge Roger Scruton by his demeanour and suitably tweedy appearance, it would be easy to assume he comes from a strand of British philosophy previously personified by the later versions of...

Book Review: Free Speech Lost In Traslation

Book Review: Free Speech Lost In Traslation

Chris Berg Started 10 September 2015 Book reviews, Faith and society,

Chris Berg on Flemming Rose’s ‘controversial’ stand for free speech   Ten years ago in September 2005, the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published twelve cartoons and sparked what the...

Book Review: Breathing In Freedom

Book Review: Breathing In Freedom

Mikayla Novak Started 10 September 2015 Book reviews, Ideas and liberty,

The last few years has borne witness to an extraordinary growth in government activities. Fiscal stimulus spending, the ramping up of public debt, untrammelled increases in regulation affecting...

Book Review: Adam Smith can Change Your Life

Book Review: Adam Smith can Change Your Life

Chris Berg Started 10 May 2015 Book reviews, Faith and society,

Adam Smith is a deeply underrated thinker. This might seem like a strange thing to say about the author of the Wealth of Nations, which is often described as free market capitalism’s foundational...

Book Review: An Australian Ruling Class?

Book Review: An Australian Ruling Class?

John Roskam Started 10 August 2013 Book reviews, Faith and society,

John Roskam reviews one of the most important books of 2013 In 1964 Donald Horne’s The Lucky Country was published. Horne had one basic argument—‘Australia is a lucky country, run mainly by...

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Howard’s Fault?

Howard’s Fault?

Richard Allsop Started 20 April 2012 Book reviews,

This article from the April 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by Research Fellow at the IPA, Richard Allsop. The Slap is full of swearing. As Danielle Williams, the Book Club Leader at the Sydney...

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The Debate Rages On

The Debate Rages On

Tim Wilson Started 20 April 2012 Book reviews, Climate change,

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...

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Are Christianity and Capitalism Compatible?

Are Christianity and Capitalism Compatible?

Sam Hearne Started 20 April 2012 Book reviews, Faith and society,

This article from the April 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by Melbourne based writer, Sam Hearne. Can a good Christian be an entrepreneur? Christians have long debated what constitutes a moral...

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Demystifying China

Demystifying China

John Shipp Started 20 April 2012 Book reviews,

This article from the April 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by Director of the North Australia Project at the IPA, John Shipp. The ‘fundamental shift in the structure of the international...

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