Policy Winter 1999
Vol. 15 No. 2 (Winter, 1999) Policy Winter 1999 Issue.-
EDITORIAL: Winter 1999
| 06 Jun 1999Editorial for POLICY Winter 1999
-
FEATURE: The 'Asian Way' and Modern Liberalism: A Hayekian Perspective
| 06 Jun 1999F.A Hayek did not travel much to Asia, nor did he write anything substantial about Asia. Can Hayek, then, have anything to offer Asia? Kukathas explores the use of knowledge in society and the important reasons why Hayek has something significant to offer.
-
FEATURE: No Third Way: Hayek and the Recovery of Freedom
| 06 Jun 1999It is no exaggeration to say that the ideas and work of Professor Friedrich August von Hayek have been fundamental to what the English writer, Paul Johnson, calls the beginning of the recovery of freedom that has occured in the last quatre of the 20th Century. An article based on the remarks made by Dr. Gregg and Professor Kasper at the Centre for Independent Studies on May 10, 1999 during a celebration to mark the centenary of Friedrich Hayek's birth.
-
FEATURE: Taxi!! Reinvigorating Competition in the Taxi Market
| 06 Jun 1999Anecdotal evidence suggests that there is room for improvement in the state of taxi services in NSW.
-
FEATURE: Reforming Public Funding of the Performing Arts
| 06 Jun 1999Public funding of the arts throws up a range of economic, social and political problems.
-
INTERVIEW: Liberalism, Capitalism and Institutional Development
| 06 Jun 1999Jason Soon talks to former president of the Mont Pelerin Society, Max Hartwell, best known for his engagement in the 'Standard of Living Debate'.
-
COMMENT: Conservatism and Classic Liberalism: A Rapproachment
| 06 Jun 2009
"Why I am Not a Liberal"
This essay examines what classical liberals dislike about conservatism, asking whether or not such criticisms are justified to evaluate if a reconciliation is possible.
-
COMMENT: Remedies for the Asian Deflation: Revisiting Old Ground
| 06 Jun 1999
The case against Keynesian remedies for the Asian crisis.
-
COMMENT:Il Ridistributore: Machiavelli for Parliamentarians in Welfare Democracies
| 06 Jun 1999Gerard Radnitzky suggests that the welfare state destroys freedom and the democratic order in countries such as Australia, which is driven by people 'whose livelihood depends on being elected.' A formulated list of rules of rational political conduct by Gerard Radnitzky, excerpted and translated by Wolfgang Kasper
-
COMMENT: Some Observations on the Economics of Productivity and Pay
| 06 Jun 1999
"In the course of the last decade, the culture of wage fixing in Australia has absorbed the notion that productivity improvement is the only sound basis for increased pay."
-
REVIEW: When Fair Enough Isn't Good Enough
| 06 Jun 1999Towards Personal Independence and Prosperity: Income Support For Persons of Working Age in New Zealand by James Cox (New Zealand Business Roundtable, 1998.)
-
BOOK REVIEWS: Hard Cases, Tough Choices
| 06 Jun 1999Hard Cases, Tough Choices: Exploring the Ethical Landscape of Business by Simon Longstaff (Pan Macmillan Australia, 1997.)
-
BOOK REVIEW: Measuring Immorality: Social Inquiry & The Problem of Illegitimacy
| 06 Jun 1999
Measuring Immorality: Social Inquiry & The Problem of Illegitimacy by Gail Reekie (Cambridge University Press, 1998.)
-
BOOK REVIEW: Open Australia
| 06 Jun 1999Open Australia by Lindsay Tanner (Pluto Press, 1999.)
-
SCHOOLS' BRIEF: Australia's Virtuous Cycle
| 06 Jun 1999What makes the performance of the Australian economy more impressive is that this has been achieved despite a much greater exposure to the world financial and economic crisis that began in mid-1997.
-
RAFE'S ROUND-UP: Winter 1999
| 06 Jun 1999Rafe's Round-Up, POLICY Magazine Winter 1999.
