Policy Autumn 2008
Vol. 24 No. 1 (Autumn, 2008)Subscriptions are available for print and online editions. 
Past issues of Policy are available online free of charge.
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OPINION: NZ Government Gags Critics
| 03 Mar 2008
Changes to New Zealand's election laws favour incumbents over challengers and critics.
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FEATURE: A 'New Era' for the Reserve Bank?
| 03 Mar 2008Australia's central bankers should face greater scrutiny and accountability.
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OPINION: The Chilling Effect of Political Expenditure Laws
| 03 Mar 2008
New laws requiring disclosure of political expenditure discourage debate and political participation.
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FEATURE: Six Social Policy Myths
| 03 Mar 2008
Policy experts often think alike, even when the evidence contradicts them. This is how billions of dollars get spent on government programs that don't work, argue CIS researchers Jennifer Buckingham, Andrew Norton, Phil Rennie, Jeremy Sammut and Peter Saunders.
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FEATURE: The Real Body Shop, part 2: Spare Parts
| 03 Mar 2008
There is something morally unattractive about selling body parts, but the alternatives are worse.
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FEATURE: Fixing Australian Federalism
| 03 Mar 2008
For federalism to work, the states need clear roles and their own revenue.
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FEATURE: Deal or No Deal
| 03 Mar 2008
While multilateral trade liberalisation is stalled, Clarissa Keil argues that Australia may need to stay in the race for free trade deals and gamble on a bad deal being less damaging than no deal at all.
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FEATURE: Suffer The Intellectuals
| 03 Mar 2008
An explanation of why predictions by intellectuals so often turn out to be wrong.
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REVIEW ESSAY: Control Without Command
| 03 Mar 2008
Julian Le Grand makes a social democratic case for choice and competition in The Other Invisiible Hand: Delivering Public Services through Choice and Competition. However Gary Sturgess argues that public service markets aren't driven by an invisible hand.
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REVIEW ESSAY: The Predictive Power of Statistics
| 03 Mar 2008
Data crunching may soon be more important than intuitive decision-making.
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BOOK REVIEW: The Liberals: The NSW Division 1945-2000
| 03 Mar 2008
The Liberals: The NSW Division 1945-2000 by Ian Hancock (Federation Press, 2007).
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BOOK REVIEW: School Choice: The Findings
| 03 Mar 2008
School Choice: The Findings by Herbert J. Wahlberg (Cato Institute, 2007).
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BOOK REVIEW: Australian Social Attitudes 2: Citizenship, Work and Aspiration
| 03 Mar 2008
Australian Social Attitudes 2: Citizenship, Work and Aspiration edited by David Denemark, Gabrielle Meagher, Shaun Wilson, Mark Western and Timothy Phillips (UNSW PRess, 2007).
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BOOK REVIEW: The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
| 03 Mar 2008
The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World by Alan Greenspan (Allen Lane, 2007).
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BOOK REVIEW: Full Disclosure: The Promise and Perils of Transparency
| 03 Mar 2008
Full Disclosure: The Promise and Perils of Transparency by Archon Fung, Mary Graham and David Weil (Cambridge University Press, 2007).
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BOOK REVIEW: Confucian Political Ethics
| 03 Mar 2008
Confucian Political Ethics edited by Daniel A. Bell (Princeton University Press, 2008).

