Summer 1998-99
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The 'Unrepresentative Swill' 'Feel their Oats' Geoffrey Brennan
The recent rise of Senate activism in Australian parliamentary politics, together with the lower house response to it, represents an extremely significant change in the nature of Australian government.

Electronic Money and the Market Process Adam Mikkelsen
How digital developments are opening new frontiers fro liberalism.


Society and the Crisis of Liberalism
Vaclav Klaus
The liberal world order has been recetnly put under a new, strong and dangerous attack—by communitarianism.

The New Politics - An Australian Story Mark Latham
Our democracy has never seemed weaker – riddled with public distrust and cynicism and the politics of populism.

 
  Liberalism in Economics and Politics Charles Richardson speaks to Antonio Martino, academic, politicial, former President of the Mont Pelerin Society and author of numerous books.
 
 

Is Our Culture in Decline? Tyler Cowan
The 'culture wars' and recent debates over the National Endowment for the Arts reflect deep disagreements about the health of contemporary culture.

The Asia Crisis: Causa Sina Qua Non Timothy M. Devinney
The recent buffeting of the Asian economies has led to a lot of soul searching both within government and business circles along with a growing anxiety on the part of average Asians who wonder about their jobs and futures.

World Competitiveness: Are We on Track? Kevin Daley
In 1998 Australia's ranking of 15th position in the world places us behind nations such as Canada, Ireland and New Zealand, but ahead of Taiwan, Sweden and Japan .

 
 

The Reds: The Communist Party of Australia from Origins to Illegality reviewed by David W. Lovell

 
  Seeing Like a State  by James C. Scott - reviewed by Gary Sturgess
Asians in Australia by Coughlan and McNamara - reviewed by Christopher Pokarier
Two Nations by Bookman Press - reviewed by Paul Martyn
Measuring Progress  by Richard Eckersley - reviewed by Richard Salmons
In Praise of Commercial Culture by Tyler Cowen - reviewed by Hugh Morley
Australian Poverty by Fincher and Nieuwenhuysen - reviewed by Michael Warby

A Plague on Both Your Houses by Jaensch and Mathieson - reviewed by Charles Richardson
War on the Wharves by Christopher Sheil - reviewed by Charles Richardson
 
  Taxation of Family Income Lucy Sullivan
The lost concept of horizontal equity.
 
 
 

By Rafe Champion


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