The government's demand-driven higher education funding policy is only one of three market elements needed.

The government should resist moves to dilute welfare to work. For the 90 percent of jobless parents who don’t participate in the labour force, public policy changes could have a bigger impact than broader economic conditions.

Social liberals support markets, but also government action to promote a firm safety net and equal opportunity, with more confidence in the role of government.

Before we can consider tax reform options, it is necessary to have accurate information about the current tax system. Unfortunately, the information provided by the government does not clearly show the exact marginal tax rates paid by Australian taxpayers.

Europe's economic weakness is a problem for Australia.

Luke Malpass talks to Denis Dutton about his new book on the evolutionary origins of our appreciation for art.

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill (Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Penguin Books and many other publishers: first published in 1859.)

Are Economists Basically Immoral and other essays on Economics, Ethics and Religion by Paul Heyne (Liberty Fund, 2008.)

The Rotten State of Britain by Eamonn Butler (Gibson Square, 2009)

The Return of Depression Economics and The Crisis of 2008 by Paul Krugman (Penguin, 2009).

Outliers: The Story of Success by Macolm Gladwell (Little, Brown and Company, 2008).

In Defense of Monopoly: How Market Power Fosters Creative Production by Richard B McKenzie and Dwight R Lee (University of Michnigan Press 2008).

Christian Theology and Market Economics by Ian Harper and Saumel Gregg (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008).