Ideas@The Centre 34

Vol. 9 No. 34 (September, 2011)

Freedom quote of the week
'One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.'
– Thomas B. Reed (1886)

  • Ingredients for successful integration
    Oliver Marc Hartwich | 02 Sep 2011
    Australia’s migrants are some of the best integrated because the immigration policy is strict. Continuing this considered selection through a careful screening process for migrants is vital.
  • How to respond to the terms of trade boom
    Stephen Kirchner | 02 Sep 2011
    Historical experience highlights the danger of conditioning public policy on assumptions about the future direction of relative prices for traded goods.
  • Rescue me
    Meegan Cornforth | 02 Sep 2011

    Welfare statism effectively reduces elements of its citizenry to an enfeebled and dependent state, unable or unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives, actions and decisions.