Policy Autumn 2005
Vol. 21 No. 1 (Autumn, 2005)Subscriptions are available for print and online editions. 
Past issues of Policy are available online free of charge.
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FEATURE: After The House Price Boom: Is this the end of the Australian dream?
| 03 Mar 2005Housing has become less afforable, but policy changes could alleviate the problem.
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FEATURE: Parent Power
| 03 Mar 2005The free market, rather than the centralised bureaucracy, should decide what children learn at school and how they learn it.
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FEATURE: Tribalism in the Arab Mena Region
| 03 Mar 2005Arab tribalism is a drag on development and reform.
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FEATURE: Is Life-long Learning Worth the Effort?
| 03 Mar 2005Beware of further study mature workers.
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FEATURE: Morality and Foreign Policy
| 03 Mar 2005Prudence has an important place in foreign policy.
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FEATURE: Do We Really Need Religious Vilification Laws?
| 03 Mar 2005Religious vilification laws are diminishing freedom of speech.
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COMMENT: The Muslim 'Marginal Man'
| 03 Mar 2005Understanding the pyschological and sociological state of Western Muslims will help integrate society and avoid terrorism.
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INTERVIEW: The Thoughtful Superhawk
| 03 Mar 2005Susan Windybank speaks Robert Kagan about his controversial thesis and America's role in the world.
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DEBATE: Global IP Markets Require Global Consistency
| 03 Mar 2005
Rationalising international property rights across borders will promote creativity and prosperity worldwide: A reply to Kimberlee Weatherall' article 'Locked in: Australia Gets a Bad Intellectual Property Deal' in Policy Summer 2005.
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REVIEW ESSAY: In Pursuit of Truth and Beauty
| 03 Mar 2005
Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950 by Charles Murray (Harper Collins Publishers, 2003).
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BOOK REVIEW: Family Matters: Family Breakdown and Its Consequences
| 03 Mar 2005Family Matters: Family Breakdown and its consequences by Patricia Morgan (New Zealand Business Roundtable, 2004).
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BOOK REVIEW: The Case for an Australian Bill of Rights: Freedom in the War on Terror
| 03 Mar 2005The Case For an Australian Bill of Rights: Freedom in the War on Terror by George Williams (UNSW Press, 2004).
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BOOK REVIEW: Finishing the Job: Real-world Policy Solutions in Health, Housing, Education and Transport
| 03 Mar 2005Finishing the Job: Real-World Policy Solutions in Health, Housing, Education and Transport by Joshua Gans and Stephen King (Melbourne University Press, 2003).
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BOOK REVIEW: The Geopolitics of East Asia: The Search for Equilibrium
| 03 Mar 2005The Geopolitics of East Asia: The Search for Equilibrium by Robyn Lim (Routledge, 2003).
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BOOK REVIEW: The Escape From Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100: Europe, America and the Third World
| 03 Mar 2005The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100: Europe, America and the Third World by Robert William Fogel (Cambridge University Press, 2004).
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BOOK REVIEW: The Persuaders: Inside the Hidden Machine of Political Advertising
| 03 Mar 2005
The Persuaders: Inside the Hidden Machine of Political Advertising by Sally Young (Pluto Press, 2004).
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BOOK REVIEW: Well May We Say: The Speeches That Made Australia
| 03 Mar 2005Well May We Say: The Speeches That Made Australia by Sally Warhaft (Black Inc, 2004).
