CIS Readings
CIS Readings bring together a number of shorter pieces on a related topic and publishes them in one volume.
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Taxploitation II: Tax Reform for Incentive,Productivity and Economic Growth
This volume reviews tax reforms implemented since the publication of Taxploitation by the CIS in 2006 and concludes that little worthwhile reform has been achieved. Ideas for far-reaching reform consistent...... Read More
Taxploitation: The Case for Income Tax Reform
In this book edited by Peter Saunders, 10 authors explain why and how Australia's system of personal income tax needs reforming.... Read More
In Praise of the Free Economy: Essays
Michael Novak is the first contemporary Christian theologian to have dedicated many years of his life to a serious and open inquiry about the nature of modern capitalism. In this collection of essays...... Read More
Multicultural Citizens: The Philosophy and Politics of Identity
Although multiculturalism has been promoted for many years by Australia's main political parties, its meaning and implications remain obscure. In this collection edited by Chandran Kukathas, authorities...... Read More
Traditions of Liberalism: Essays on John Locke, Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill
The1980's has seem a remarkable revival of Classical Liberalism, the political philosophy that places a high value on individual freedom under the law and calls for strict limits on the power of the state. ...... Read More
Hayek's 'Serfdom' Revisited
Essays by economists, philosophers and political scientists on The Road to Serfdom after 40 years. Tributes by Norman Barry, John Burton, Hannes H. Gissurarson, John Gray, Jeremy Shearmur, Karen I. Vaughn... Read More
Chaining Australia: Church Bureaucracies and Political Economy
Edited by Geoffrey Brennan and John K Williams. Contributions by Geoffrey Brennan, Paul A McGavin, John K Williams, Hugh Henry, Greg Sheridan and Lauchlan Chipman. The essays in this book address what...... Read More
Occupational Regualtion and the Public Interest
Edited by Robert Albon and Greg Lindsay with contributions from 12 authors. Does occupational regulation serve the public interest or is it a means of protecting practitioners from competitors and extracting...... Read More
The Constitutional Challenge
Essays on the Australian Constitution, constitutionalism and parliamentary practice. G.S. Reid, James S. Buchanan, Anthony Rutherford, John Hype, G. de Q Walker, D.J. Hamer, Campbell Sharman... Read More
A New Financial Revolution? An International Review of the Campbell Report
A Review of the Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Australian Financial System (1981) which was considered the most important blueprint for financial reform in the history of Australia.... Read More
Rent Control: Costs and Consequences
Essays on the history and the economic and social consequences of rent control on Australia and overseas.... Read More
Wage-Price Control: Myth and Reality
Edited by Sudha R Shenoy with a foreword by Professor C.G.F. Simkin. Contributions by Samuel Britan, Michael Darby, Lee Eckermann, Malclom Fisher, Milton Friedman, C. Jackson Grayson, Peter Lilley, Peter...... Read More