7 November 2019
Red Tape At Record High
Red tape is at a record high, according to forthcoming research by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs, reported in today’s The Australian. “Red tape is the single biggest impediment to economic prosperity and opportunity in Australia today”, said Daniel Wild, Director of Research at the Institute of Public Affairs. The forthcoming report applies a new method
30 June 2019
Cutting Red Tape: RegData Applications in North America
This is the introduction to the IPA report, Cutting Red Tape: RegData Applications in North America, which can be downloaded here. There are many ways to measure red tape, from the “paperwork burden” of regulatory compliance, to estimates of the opportunity costs of red tape, to pages of legislation. All of these methods have costs and benefits. The paper work
