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Finance, Banking, Monetary Systems

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Research into why a sound financial and monetary system is critical for economic prosperity continues to be an ongoing project at the CIS.

Publications

  1. Shooting the Messenger: The Ban on Short Selling

    Stephen Kirchner | 01 Feb 2010 | Policy Forum

    In September 2008, governments around the world instituted bans on the short sale of equity securities.  In Australia, the... Read More...

  2. Fiscal Fallacies : The Failure of Activist Fiscal Policy

    Stephen Kirchner | 14 Oct 2009 | Policy Forum

    Editor, Stephen Kirchner ; Contributors, John B Taylor ; Tony Makin ; Robert Carling The global financial crisis that emerged... Read More...

  3. The Folly of Criminalising Cartels

    Jason Soon | 03 Jun 2009 | Issue Analysis

    The government should reconsider the introduction of criminal penalties for cartelisation.  The federal government proposes... Read More...

  4. Bubble Poppers: Monetary Policy and the Myth of ‘Bubbles’ in Asset Prices

    Stephen Kirchner | 10 Mar 2009 | Policy Monographs

    The monograph considers some of the practical problems that are likely to be encountered in implementing an activist approach... Read More...

  5. FEATURE: Blaming greenspan: Monetary policy, the housing 'bubble' and the credit crisis

    Stephen Kirchner | 03 Mar 2009 | POLICY Magazine

    Monetary policy alone cannot explain the US housing or financial crisis. In the context of globally integrated capital markets,... Read More...

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Opinion & Commentary

  1. Grave euro doubts remain

    Oliver Marc Hartwich | 19 Aug 2010 | Business Spectator

    Experts have now shifted their attention to the US dollar. However, this does not mean that the euro is off the hook, says ... Read More

  2. Bond market vigilantes should also weigh the risks of continued inactivity

    Stephen Kirchner | 13 Apr 2010 | The Age Business

    Stagnation could be worse than a fiscal crisis.... Read More

  3. Benefits grow in monthly CPI data

    Stephen Kirchner | 01 Mar 2010 | Canberra Times

    Australia should adopt a monthly consumer price index.... Read More

  4. Imbalances essential to global economic system

    Stephen Kirchner | 22 Jan 2010 | The Australian

    The federal Treasury’s David Gruen recently told a conference at the University of Western Australia that global imbalances ... Read More

  5. Economic policy must re-earn our respect

    Stephen Kirchner | 20 Jan 2010 | Business Spectator

    Policymakers sacrificed a lot of their credibility due to their responses to the global financial crisis and this can be ... Read More

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