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Autumn 1999 Contents
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Saving Australia's Health Care System Steven Schwartz
Heath is one of our largest and fastest growing industries. The government makes the rules which have resulted in little private insurance, curtailed drug access and long surgical waiting lists.

Regulating the Media  Robert Officer
There is nothing unique about the media or the services it provides that requires special treatment with regard to competition laws.

Reforming State Taxation Owen Gabbitas and Damien Eldridge
There is more to state tax reform than resolving the vexatious question of Commonwealth/state financial relations.

The Internet: Towards a Global Political System Andrew C. Dawson
International cooperation is essential for addressing net-wide regulatory issues.

 
  The Moral Foundations of a Free Polity Samuel Gregg speaks to Archbishop George Pell, leading intellectual and the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne.
 
 

Polycentric Law in a New Century Tom Bell
Polycentric law naturally arises in the gaps that open where state power fails.

An Economic Perspective on Intellectual Property: The Case of Copyright Jason Soon

How to efficiently define intellectual property rights.

The Korean Financial Crisis - Causes, Effects and Solutions Terry Black and Susan Black
The Korean financial crisis arose because of government failure in two major policy areas: exchange rate policy and industry policy.

 
 

Globalisation, Human Rights and Civil Society by Jones & Kriesler - reviewed by Gregory Melleuish

 
  Political Competition, Innovation and Growth  edited by P. Bernholz, M.E. Streit and R. Vaubel - reviewed by Wolfgang Kasper
Merits and Limits of Markets edited by Herbert Giersch - reviewed by Jason Soon
The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered by George Soros - reviewed by Robert Clark
Justice for Here and Now by James Sterba - reviewed by Charles Richardson
 
  Whither the Clever Country? Australia's Industry Policy Robin Stonecash
Industry policy is an important topic in the high school economics syllabus. This brief presents a survey and evaluation of industry policy initiatives currently provided by the Federal Government.
 
 

By Rafe Champion


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