Policy Winter 2006
Vol. 22 No. 2 (Winter, 2006)
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FEATURE: The Rise of the Opinionators
| 07 Jul 2006Labor's strongest support is no longer in the working class, but among education, arts and social professionals.
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FEATURE: Finding a Cab: The Better Deal for Taxi Customers
| 07 Jul 2006
Cheaper and more readily available taxis are possible without expensive compensation for taxi licence owners.
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FEATURE: Cultural Protection
| 07 Jul 2006Leave culture to the market.
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FEATURE: Free Speech, Offence and Religion
| 07 Jul 2006Free speech is not a licence to disregard the sensibilities of others.
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FEATURE: Australia's Position in Asia: Closer Than Ever
| 07 Jul 2006John Howards' Government has improved Australia's relations with Asian countries.
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FEATURE: The Doha Round: Where to now for the WTO?
| 07 Jul 2006The World Trade Organisation is struggling to reach agreement on trade liberalisation.
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FEATURE: Want to Predict the Future? Ask the market!
| 07 Jul 2006Markets may be better than experts at predicting the future.
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INTERVIEW: In Defence of Global Liberalism
| 07 Jul 2006
Andrew Norton talks to Johan Norberg, writer of In Defence of Gobal Capitalism and 'freelance free-marketeer'.
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REVIEW ESSAY: A Second Draft of History
| 07 Jul 2006
The Howard Factor: A Decade That Changed The Nation edited by Nick Cater (Melbourne University Press, 2006).
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BOOK REVIEW: Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
| 07 Jul 2006Postwar: A History of Europe since 1945 by Tony Judt (William Heinemann, 2005).
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BOOK REVIEW: The Australian Electoral System: Origins, Variations and Consequences
| 07 Jul 2006The Australian Electoral System: Origins, Variations and Consequences by David M Farrell and Ian McAllister (University of New South Wales, 2006).
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BOOK REVIEW: Picture Imperfect: Utopian Thought for an Anti-Utopian Age
| 07 Jul 2006Picture Imperfect: Utopian Thought for an Anti-Utopian Age by Russell Jacoby (Columbia University Press, 2005).
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BOOK REVIEW: Please Just F* Off: It's Our Turn Now- Holding Baby Boomers to Account
| 07 Jul 2006Please Just F* Off: It's Our Turn Now- Holding Baby Boomers to Account by Ryan Heath (Pluto Press, 2006).
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BOOK REVIEW: Catastrophe: Risk and Response
| 28 Feb 2006Catastrophe: Risk and Response by Richard A. Posner (Oxford University Press, 2004).
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BOOK REVIEW: Motherhood: How Should We Care For Our Children?
| 07 Jul 2006Motherhood: How should we care for our children? by Anne Manne (Allen and Unwin, 2005).
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BOOK REVIEW: Cultures Merging: A Historical and Economic Critique of Culture
| 07 Jul 2006Cultures merging: A historical and economic critique of culture by Eric Jones (Princeton University Press, 2006).
