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Negative Income Tax – An alternative to the welfare system?
I’m currently on holidays and have decided to spend my time productively, watching Milton Friedman’s hit 1980s series Free to Choose. http://www.freetochoose.tv/ About two years ago, I stumbled across a copy of the companion book for... More about Negative Income Tax – An alternative to the welfare system?
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Capitalism: The Unpopular Class Mate
It’s a familiar tale, the unpopular class mate. You know the one. The weirdly dressed individual with spectacles, acne and a funny high pitched voice that sounds something like the classic comedy character Steve Urkell. Though Steve Urkell... More about Capitalism: The Unpopular Class Mate
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Labour on the environment
Labour released a package of environmental policies over the weekend, covering climate change, conservation, and the environment. So, how do they stack up? IMHO, pretty well for a major party. On climate change [PDF], Labour would bring... More about Labour on the environment
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The libertarian party that roared
The first paragraph of the article quoted below, which disparages a ‘libertarian political party which represents just 12 per cent of voters and barely 0.2 per cent of the eurozone’s voters’ reminds me of the old movie,... More about The libertarian party that roared
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Do we need a reserve bank?
SUKRIT SABHLOK on scandals concerning Australia’s primary financial institution. The Reserve Bank of Australia has been in the news recently, thanks to a corruption scandal splashed across the front pages of newspapers throughout the... More about Do we need a reserve bank?
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Trampling farmer’s rights to protect farmland from CSG.
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’- Ronald Reagan Several days ago here in a post, “Protecting cropping land from mining, and... More about Trampling farmer’s rights to protect farmland from CSG.
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Interview with Dr. Ben O’Neill
I talk briefly with Dr. Ben O’Neill, a speaker at the upcoming Mises Seminar. More about Interview with Dr. Ben O’Neill
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Call for Papers – “The Libertarian Review”
To mark the historic Mises Seminar in Sydney, I’m starting a journal tentatively titled The Libertarian Review. It will be dedicated to Austrian economics, revisionist history, legal arguments from an individualist perspective and other... More about Call for Papers – “The Libertarian Review”
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Lords of Poverty
I’ve just finished Graham Hancock‘s 1989 classic “Lords of Poverty” and recommend it to anybody interested in the working of the international aid bureaucracy. Hancock is scathing in his assessment of international aid... More about Lords of Poverty
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Ron Paul moves to abolish gun-free zones
US Congressman Ron Paul recently introduced the “Citizens Protection Act of 2011” (H.R. 2613), which will repeal the federally created gun free school zones act. Introduced in 1996, this makes it an offence to carry a gun within 1000... More about Ron Paul moves to abolish gun-free zones
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