
The End of Monetary Policy?
Monetary policy is not the answer to our economic problems; and central bank actions could be making matters worse. This …
Monetary policy is not the answer to our economic problems; and central bank actions could be making matters worse. This …
The fiscal response to the Covid-19 crisis ensures that the federal and state governments will experience large budget deficits and …
Superannuation is not a good deal for everyone. As a result of house prices increases, it has become much harder …
Socialism brings poverty and oppression. The ignorance of so many as to why only a market economy is capable of …
The major bank levy was proposed in the 2017–18 Budget. The levy has numerous flaws including: The costs of the …
The slant towards cutting taxes before 2010 was welcome, but for such an approach to return in the foreseeable future, …
The federal government’s Commission of Audit (CoA) was established in 2013 to review the performance and role of government. This …
TARGET30 is a campaign promoting smaller government and cutting government spending to less than 30% of GDP in the next …
Australia’s Future Fiscal Shock. Robert Carling is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies.
Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations is one of the most important books ever written. Smith recognised that economic specialisation …
The day before news broke that inflation had surged to 5 per cent, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that …
This week, the Reserve Bank increased interest rates by 0.25%. This comes in response to last week’s ABS figures that …
Last week the Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates to zero and said it would pump an extra $100 …
Next Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to reduce the cash rate to another record low. Monetary policy in …
Should there be a permanent increase in unemployment benefit (now called JobSeeker)? There is widespread support for it, but is …
We’re only a few weeks into the coronavirus crisis, and already our intellectual opponents are arguing that the coming recession …
TREASURY’S flawed tax model has caused the government to underestimate the benefits and overestimate the budget cost of their long-term …
The recent furore about Justice Perram’s remarks that “borrowers ditch wagyu steaks and shiraz for cheaper food” to meet loan …
Australia’s vaunted economic miracle is looking a bit ragged after another sluggish quarter. There is still growth, but barely enough …
With last week’s cut, Australia’s cash rate has fallen to its lowest level in decades, possibly longer. Along with the …