Liberty Bubbles
Most people think that economic bubbles are bad, but this misses the way they make innovation and entrepreneurship easier, leading to future economic growth.
Jason Potts

Can Votes be Bought?
To spend citizens' money on one set of citizens and not another is to deny the latter their due--even insult them as less worthy. Votebuying expects people to be both selfish and altruistic. Michael Warby

Does Australia's Health Insurance Really Provide Insurance?
Anti-insurance occurs because those most at risk take out private health insurance and effectively pay twice for hospital expenditures. But why is it the case that choosing private health insurance means opting our of Medicare completely? Joshua Gans

A Future for Indigenous Youth
The way out will involve requiring people to give something, like their labour in exchange for what their neighbour provides, under threat of their benefits being taken away. Bob Beadman

The Foresight Saga: Risk, Litigiousness and Negligence Law Reforms
Tort law reform has gone too far, and contracts could usefully determine compensation in some cases. Caspar Conde

Our Changing Future
The Iraq war has broad implications for Australian defence policy. Peter Layton

Turkey's Quest for Freedom
Susan Windybank speaks to Turkish liberal, Atilla Yayla.

The Mandarins of Martin Place
Australia's Money Mandarins: The Reserve Bank and the Politics of Money
by Stephen Bell
Reviewed by Stephen Kirchner

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Imagining Australia: Ideas for Australia
by Macgregor Duncan, David Madden, Peter Tynan Reviewed by Michel Walsh

A World Out of Balance: American Ascendancy and International Politics in the 21st Century
by Coral Bell Reviewed by Chris Reus-Smit

The Power of Speech: Australian Prime Ministers Defining the National Image
by James Curran Reviewed by Gregory Melleuish

Skepticism and Freedom: A Modern Case for Classical Liberalism
by Richard A. Epstein Reviewed by Jonathan Crowe

The Progress Paradox
edited by Gregg Easterbrook Reviewed by Andrew Norton

Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity
edited by Lawrence Lessig Reviewed by Teresa Fels