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	Spring 2006 Contents

	When Will the Leviathan Fade Away? The Federal Government has failed to curb discretionary spending, argues Des Moore

	Out of Position: Against the Politics of Relative Standing Zero-sum positional conflict is avoidable in a liberal market society, argues Will Wilkinson The Fall and Rise of the State in New Zealand After a brief respite in the 1980s and early 90s, the state's powerful role in New Zealand life has begun to grow again. Interventionism is back in fashion and the results are hardly encouraging, writes Phil Rennie The Minimum Wage and the Australian Fair Pay Commission In dealing with its partly contradictory objectives, the Australian Fair Pay Commission must keep in mind the negative effects of minimum wages, argues Joel Butler Future Fund or Future Eater? The opportunity cost of Commonwealth revenue hoarding Budget surpluses should be used to reform tax, argues Stephen Kirchner



	On the Right to Give Offence Freedom of speech should cede nothing to religious sensibilities, argues Steve Edwards

	The Falcon and the Falconer To more effectively combat terrorism, we need to understand why homegrown Western converts turn against their own societies, argues Miranda Darling Tobias

	The Politics of Frank Furedi Peter Saunders speaks to Frank Furedi

	Law Without Government The Law of the Somalis: A Stable Foundation for Economic Development By Michael van Notten, edited by Spencer Heath MacCallum Red Sea Press, Trenton, NJ, 2005 Reviewed by Wolfgang Kasper
	An Army of Davids: How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government and Other Goliaths by Glenn Reynolds Nelson Current, Nashville TN, 2006 Reviewed by Nikki Macor The Australian Miracle: An Innovative Nation Revisited by Thomas Barlow Picador, Sydney, 2006 Reviewed by Gene Tunny Adam Smith and the pursuit of perfect liberty by James Buchan Profile Books, London, 2006 Reviewed by Nicholas Gruen Vital Signs, Vibrant Society: Securing Australia’s Economic and Social Wellbeing by Craig Emerson UNSW Press, Sydney, 2006 Reviewed by Mal Bozic After the Neocons: Where the Right Went Wrong by Francis Fukuyama Profile Books, London, 2006 Reviewed by Anthony Lepere Political Parties in Transition? Edited by Ian Marsh The Federation Press, Sydney, 2006 Reviewed by Andrew Norton
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