Policy Autumn (Mar-May) 2001

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	Trouble in 'Paradise': The Africanisation of the South Pacific Ben Reilly Some of the problems that have plagued states in Sub-Saharan Africa may well be emerging in the South Pacific aswell. Learning Racial Harmony: Fiji Needs New Constitutional Rules Wolfgang Kasper The situation is Fiji has deteriorated to the point where new constitutional ground rules seem the only way to overcome irreconcilable positions. Public Broadcasting and the Profit Motive: The Effects of Advertising on SBS John Field Changes at SBS have had less to do with advertising and more to do with shifts in government multicultural policy and compliance with the SBS Charter. Reforming Wages and Welfare Policy: Six Advantages of a Negative Income Tax John Humphreys The replacement of all current welfare and wage provisions with a universal but minimal negative income tax create jobs and reduce welfare dependency.

	Seeing the Bigger Picture: The Value of Economic History Andrew Norton talks to Eric Jones, prominent economic historian and author of The European Miracle.

	Towards a Liberal Theory of International Relations Sam Roggeveen The Rationalist school, with its emphasis on the existence of an international society, is arguably the most liberal of the three main international relations theories. The Crisis of Human Rights Samuel Gregg The concept of human rights evolved to buttress liberty by protecting people from excessive state power. Now it is being manipulated to expand the ambit of politics. The Market for Social Capital Andrew Norton Is there creative destruction in society as well as in the economy, with the new driving our some of the old?

	The Strategic Constitution by Robert Cooler - reviewed by Geoffrey Brennan

	The Mystery of Capital by Hernando de Soto - reviewed by Michael Warby Exasperating Calculators by William Coleman and Alf Hagger - reviewed by Andrew Norton Judging Democracy: The Politics of the High Court of Australia by Haig Patapan - reviewed by Nicholas Aroney Greenspan: The Man Behind the Money by Justin Martin, and Maestro: Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom by Bob Woodward - reviewed by Stephen Kirchner Reason and Imagination: Philosophical Writings on the Works of Karl Popper and William Bartley by Rafe Champion - reviewed by Jeffrey Shearmur Free Trade versus Protectionism by Johannes Overbeek - reviewed by Wolfgang Kasper

	In the National Interest: Foreign Direct Investment in Australia Ian Harper Contrary to popular belief, foreign investment is generally in rather than against the national interest. Policy is a publication of The Centre for Independent Studies (ABN 15 001 495 012) PO Box 92, St Leonards, NSW 1590 Copyright 2002. Please contact The Centre for Independent Studies (office (at) cis.org.au) for permission to reprint material. CIS would like to thank Webcentral for their support and hosting of this website.