Policy Spring (Sept-Nov) 1998

Spring 1998
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	Christianity and Free Enterprise Robert Clark Free enterprise, is fully compatible with Christian teaching and satisfies the human spirit and fits with society's broader roles. Interests, Incentives and Institutions Joseph Stiglitz Governments' list of failures is long, from trade and agriculture to health and environmental policy. Why is is so difficult to implement even Pareto improvements? 'League Tables' of School Performance Ken Gannicott While the importance of value-added measure can be readily acknowledged, raw league tables of performance have an important role to play in public policy. Indonesia and the IMF and Indonesia Ernst Juerg Weber As long as macroeconomists cannot put forward a convincing explanation of the Asian crisis, any judgement of the IMF's role stands on shaky grounds. Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value Helen Hughes Are we moving toward or away from wage justice for women? A Macroeconomic Role for the IRC Tony Makin Bringing unemployment down may involve a new role for the Industrial Relations Commission.

	The Hazardous Era of 'Common Sense' Lisa Hill The Howard government has emerged as a regime dominated by the rationality of 'common sense', a notion regarded with suspicion by John Stuart Mill. Cacophony and Chaos Heath Gibson Internet censorship is cause for concern for anyone who values freedom of expression and freedom of access to information.

	Australia at the Crossroads by Fred Argy - Reviewed by Wolfgang Kasper

	Ego and Soul by John Carroll - reviewed by Martin Sheehan The Packaging of Australia by Gregory Melleuish - reviewed by Allaine Cerwonka On Voting by Gordon Tullock - reviewed by Julie Novak Rewriting the Sexual Contract by Geoff Dench - reviewed by Charles Richardson The Logic of Action: Two by Murray Rothbard - reviewed by Jason Soon Corporate Welfare Policy and the Welfare State by Glasberg and Skidmore - reviewed by Charles Richardson

	How Markets Work: Disequilibrium, Entrepreneurship and Discovery Israel Kirzner The 'Austrian' view of how market economies work claims that there is a poverful tendency for market events spontaeously to unfold toward a fully coordinated pattern without any central direction or control.

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