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Winter 2002 Contents
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Has History Started Again? Francis Fukuyama
Do events since September 11 foreshadow a decades-long ïclash of civilisationsÍ between the West and radical Islam, or will modernity, as embodied in Western values and institutions, remain the dominant force in world politics?

The Truth About Sanctions in Iraq Matt Welch
Critics of UN sanctions against Iraq who claim that the embargo is responsible for the deaths of more than half a million children under five years of age are undermining their own position by using exaggerated figures, for the truth is bad enough.

Must the Good Guys Always Lose David Trebeck
With multilateral progress in agricultural trade reform stalled, a way has to be found to change the policy debate in the main protectionist countries„the United States and the European Union.

Living with a Marsupial Mouse, Lessons from Celebration, Florida Jeremy Shearmur
Celebration, a private community developed by The Disney Corporation in Florida, indicates how diversity and experiments in living, as well as competition between different kinds of local authority, can be realised in a practical manner. But could it happen here?

 
  The Spectator in the Breast of Man Self Regulation and the Decline of Civility Peter Saunders talks to Theodore Dalrymple, weekly columnist for The Spectator and author of the recently released book, Life at the Bottom. 
 
 

Poor Concepts: 'Social Exclusion', Poverty and the Politics of Guilt Peter Saunders and Kayoko Tsumori
A new ïlanguage of povertyÍ has developed in recent years which is obscuring our understanding of the problems of poverty, deprivation and welfare dependency in Australia.

The Politics of Envy: An International Phenomenon Helen Hughes
Exaggerated estimates of poverty are not unique to Australia. They rely on misleading income survey-based poverty estimates that should only be issued with strong warnings about their likely overstatement of poverty.

 
  Overfishing and the Icelandic Solution by Hannes H. Gissurarson
Fishing for Solutions
by Michael de Alessi
Saving Our Streams
by Roger Bate

Reviewed by Gary L. Sturgess
 
  Robert Nozick by A.R. Lacey - reviewed by Jonathan Crowe
The Transfer Society by David N. Laband and George C. Mc Clintock - reviewed by Alex Robson
Inspiring Economics by Bruno Frey - reviewed by Andrew Norton
Australians and Globalisation by Brian Galligan and Gabriella Trifiletti - reviewed by Richard Grant
In Defence of Global Capitalism by Johan Norberg - reviewed by Wolfgang Kasper
Elections: Full Free and Fair by Marian Sawer (ed) - reviewed by Peter Taft
The Precautionary Principle by Indur M. Goklany - reviewed by Sarah Tyrell
 
  Job Destruction and Job Creation: A Beginners Guide Wolfgang Kasper
There should be no mystery as to who creates and who kills jobs in Australia.
 
 

A Tale of Two Refugees: Heinz Arndt and Peter Bauer by Helen Hughes
A tribute to two refugees who made an outstanding contribution to economics.


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