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Beyond Master and Servant Ken Phillips
Some explanations enunciated by Nobel prize winner, economist Ronald Coase, clash with some of Hayek's broad themes.

Slow Learners: Australian Universities in the International Market Christopher Pokarier and Simon Ridings
Dramatic declines in the numbers of Asian students applying for places in Australian universities have been a shock, demonstrating how important it has become to consider competiton in higher education.

The Open Economy and the National Interest Wolfgang Kasper
During the tug of war over the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), it has been asserted that the government is secretly signing away Australia's national sovereignty.

 
  Exchange Rates, Banking and Thatcherism Charles Richardson interviews Sir Alan Walters, former Chief Economics Adviser to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
 
 

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Wealth Jason Soon
The level of wealth in society increases where opportunities for trade are captured, because trade involves the transfer of goods to those who value them the most.

The Air New Zealand Pilots Society Mike Beverland
In New Zealand, unions appeared to have become somewhat irrelevant in the deregulated labour market, calling for a 'new unionism'.

Beyond Wik - Making Native Title Work Paul D'Arcy
The challenge ahead lies in bringing Aboriginal people and other Australians closer together— without a destructive legacy for future generations.

 
 

Civilising Global Capital by Mark Latham - reviewed by Martin Stewart-Weeks
Against Politics by Anthony de Jasay -
reviewed by Charles Richardson

 
  The Future of Schools by Brian Caldwell and Don Hayward - reviewed by Mark Harrison
Political Writings Bolingbroke's- reviewed by Richard Allsop
Rethinking Law and Order by Russell Hogg and David Brown - reviewed by Jack Weaver
Social Justice: Fraud or Fair Go? by Marlene Goldsmith - reviewed by Tony Dimmitt
The Politics of Sex by Barbara Sullivan - reviewed by O. Morgan

John Locke and the Origins of Private Property by Matthew Kramer - reviewed by Jason Soon
On The Relevance of Metaethics by Couture and Nielsen - reviewed by Charles Richardson
 
  Productivity and Australia's Future Rick Johnson
Why is productivity important? Does improving productivity come at a cost? Who are the winners and losers?
 
 

By Rafe Champion


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