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Central Banks Serve Two Masters: The Truth About Inflation | John Cochrane

Why did inflation surge across the world after COVID? And what role...

What Are These Central Banks Up To?

It’s funny how in such a supposedly egalitarian country as Australia we...

The NAB Board Will Pay A Heavy Price

The story of the resignation from NAB of its chief executive Andrew...

Banking Royal Commission: Duplicitous Banks, Foolish Borrowers

The funniest thing to come out of the Hayne royal commission is...

Regulators, The Royal Commission And Crony Capitalism

The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation, and Finances Services...

Banking on Competition (by John Dahlsen).

Overregulation and red tape in banking has destroyed competition to the detriment...

A Banking Royal Commission By Show Trial

The hearings of the banking royal commission have, at different times, resembled...

Royal Commission A Thoroughly Bad Idea

“A Royal Commission into the banking sector is a bad idea because...

Bank Regulation: Liberals Try To Prove They Hate Banks Even More Than Labor

“Since when did a conservative government become more socialist than the ALP?...

SA Bank Levy Has Already Caused Harm To The South Australian Economy

A new report released today by the Institute of Public Affairs, has...

The South Australian Major Bank Levy: Arbitrary, Unjustified, and Harmful for South Australia And The Rest Of The Country

In the South Australian state budget 2017-18, South Australian Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis...

State Government Bank Levy Makes South Australia Riskiest Place For Investment In Australia

Imagine being an international investor looking at Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis’s Budget. You...

SA’s Bank Levy Adding To Business’ Burden Is Derelict Conduct

It’s hard to know where to start on the South Australian bank...

Submission: Inquiry into the Major Bank Levy Bill 2017 and the Treasury Laws Amendment (Major Bank Levy) Bill 2017

The Government’s proposed levy should be abandoned. It is a tax on...

New IPA Research: Government Should Abandon Bank Tax

Free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs today released a...

Five Reasons Why The Government Should Abandon The Bank Tax

The Government announced major changes to the banking sector in the 2017-18...

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