Publications
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All General Publications
A Fair Go: Fact or Fiction?
The Australian ideal of a fair go is fact rather than fiction. By offering all individuals the opportunity to capitalise...
Tax Welfare Churn and the Australian Welfare State
The welfare state currently consumes $316 billion a year; however, much of this spending is not targeted at those who need...
TARGET30 SNAPSHOT: Tax Welfare Churn and the Australian Welfare State
The welfare state currently consumes $316 billion a year; however, much of this spending is not targeted at those who need...
Australia and the Asian Ascendancy: Why Upskilling is Not Necessary to Reap the Rewards
Government programs to upskill the Australian workforce for the Asian Century are a solution to a non-problem. With more...
Leadership, Liberty and the Crisis of Authority
In the 27th John Bonython Lecture, Frank Furedi discussed the distinct lack of leadership needed to deal with the many crises...
INTERVIEW: The Dignity of the Bourgeoisie
Deidre McCloskey explains to Matthew Shaffer how, around 1700, a new way of thinking gave birth to the modern world.
BOOK REVIEW: Speech Matters: Getting Free Speech Right
Speech Matters: Getting Free Speech Right by Katharine Gelber (University of Queensland Press, 2011.)
BOOK REVIEW: The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement
The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement by David Brooks (Random House, 2011.)
BOOK REVIEW: A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy
A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy By Jonathan Israel (Princeton...
REVIEW ESSAY: Judge Them by Their Actions
Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell (Basic Books, 2009.)
April 2010 e-PreCIS
In the introduction to the 1982 publication The New Conservatism in Australia edited by Robert Manne, the editor admits ‘to...
FEATURE: We're All Cultural Libertarians
Freedom is about more than just the absence of government.
FEATURE: No One True Culture of Liberty
Tolerance is important but difficult to define and easily subverted.
BOOK REVIEW: Ayn Rand and the World She Made & Goddess of the Market
For an author whose novels have consistently sold in the hundreds of thousands for more than half a century, Ayn Rand is...
BOOK REVIEW: Prosecuting Heads of State
Prosecuting Heads of State by Ellen L. Lutz and Caitlin Reiger (Eds.) (Cambridge University Press, 2009.)
BOOK REVIEW: Lessons From the Global Financial Crisis: The Relevance of Adam Smith on Morality and Free Markets
Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis: The Relevance of Adam Smith on Morality and Free Markets by Richard Morgan (Connor...
February 2010 e-PreCIS
Eighteen months ago in Tokyo, my two year term as President of the Mont Pelerin Society, founded by F.A. Hayek in the wake...
BOOK REVIEW: Up from the Mission: Selected writings
Up from the Mission: Selected Writings by Noel Pearson (Black Inc, 2009).
FEATURE: Slaves of the Bonus Culture
Regulation and incentives are replacing professionalism. The inner motivation of professional integrity becomes gradually...
Invisible Hand versus Visible Fist: Securing the Future Wealth of Nations
In the 25th John Bonython Lecture, PJ O'Rourke presents his views of the economic and financial crisis that is shaking the...
FEATURE: The Rights of the Future?
The present generation cannot easily speak for people yet to be born whose circumstances we cannot know.
COMMENT: Conservatism and Classic Liberalism: A Rapproachment
"Why I am Not a Liberal" This essay examines what classical liberals dislike about conservatism, asking whether or not...
REVIEW ESSAY: On Liberty at 150
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill (Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Penguin Books and many other publishers:...
Neoliberalism: The Genesis of a Political Swearword
Neoliberalism is one of the most commonly used words in political debates. Despite this, the origins of neoliberalism are...
BOOK REVIEW: Not With a Bang But a Whimper: The Politics and Culture of Decline
Not with a Bang But a Whimper: The Politics and Culture of Decline by Theodore Dalrymple (Monday Books, 2009).
ROSS PARISH ESSAY: Does Liberty Lead to Decadence?
The liberty to be decadent should be valued. The empowerment of the individual to make that choice, to be allowed to lead...
ROSS PARISH ESSAY: Liberty, Time Preference and Decadence
It is the welfare state—not liberty—that fosters decadence, says Ben O’Neill
FEATURE: Classical Liberalism and International Relations
Classical liberal ideas apply between states as well as within states, explains Edwin van de Haar.
REVIEW ESSAY: Clive Hamilton, The Universe and Everything
Clive Hamilton asks some interesting quesitions but gives unconvincing answers, writes Jeremy Shearmur in The Freedom Paradox:...
FEATURE: Common Sense: The Past and Future of the Debate Between Libertarians and Conservatives
Fusing conservatism and libertarianism continues to work- so ignore any theoretical difficulties.
REVIEW ESSAY: The New Hysteria
We can't blame the demise of Enlightenment thinking on diet doctors and Islamists alone.
The Role of Government in a Liberal Society
Modern government has grown out of all proportion, becoming a serious threat to life, liberty, property and the public...
Adam Smith - A Primer
Despite his fame, there is still widespread ignorance about the breadth of Adam Smith's contrinbutions to economics, politics...
OPINION: There’s No Such Thing as a Free Parking Space
Minimum parking regulations ensure there’s plenty of space for our cars at the shops but we pay a hefty price for it.
In Praise of Elitism
Australian society is frequently characterised as egalitarian: belief in a 'fair go' for all and a love for cutting down...
FEATURE: Ross Parish Essay Competition
Have two hundred years of liberal capitalism made us any happier?
FEATURE: Why Capitalism is Good for the Soul
Capitalism provides the conditions for creating worthwhile lives.
BOOK REVIEW:The Commercial Society: Foundations and Challenges in a Global Age
The Commercial Society: Foundations and Challenges in a Global Age by Samuel Gregg (Lexington Books, 2007).
BOOK REVIEW: Actual Ethics
Actual Ethics by James R Otterson (Cambridge University Press, 2006).
BOOK REVIEW: Alexis de Tocqueville: Propehet of Democracy in the Age of Revolution- A Biography
Alexis de Tocqueville: Propehet of Democracy in the Age of Revolution- A Biography by Hugh Brogan (Profile Books, 2007).
FEATURE: Cultural Nationalism: The Last Resort of Scoundrels
Protectionism has spread to culture.
History as the Story of Liberty: A Globalised Western Civilisation
In this lecture, Dr Herman explores how a prosperous and culturally diverse world depends on the human freedoms embedded...
BOOK REVIEW: Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of a Theo van Gogh and The Limits of Tolerance
Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance by Ian Buruma (Atlantic Books, 2006).
BOOK REVIEW: The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How To Get It Back
The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How To Get It Back by Andrew Sullivan (Harper Collins, 2006).
FEATURE: Does Kevin Rudd Need to Save Families From Capitalism?
The Labor leader is relying on an old and discredited view of communal life in a market society.
FEATURE: The History of Liberty in Australia
Australians have preferred a protective form of liberty.
INTERVIEW: Choice Words from Milton
More than three decades of wisdom from the late champion of liberty, culled from the pages of reason.
BOOK REVIEW: The End of Commitment: Intellectuals, Revolutionaries and Political Morality in the Twentieth Century
The End of Commitment: Revolutionaries, and Political Morality in the Twentieth Century by Paul Hollander (Ivan R Dee, 2006).
REVIEW ESSAY: Surf For The Rest of Your Lives, The American Taxpayer will Support You
In Our Hands: A Place to Replace the Welfare State by Charles Murray (AEI Press, 2006).
ROSS PARISH ESSAY: Freedom From Choice: The Government's Futile Quest To Take The Risk Out of Life
The costs of protecting people from themselves are apparent in drug prohibition.
BOOK REVIEW: Picture Imperfect: Utopian Thought for an Anti-Utopian Age
Picture Imperfect: Utopian Thought for an Anti-Utopian Age by Russell Jacoby (Columbia University Press, 2005).
Farewell to Liberty, Equality and Fraternity: Is the Left still on the Left?
In this Occasional Paper translated by Wolfgang Kasper, two German analysts, Dirk Maxeiner and Michael Miersch argue that...
BOOK REVIEW: The Ethics of Identity
The Ethics of Identity by Kwame Anthony Appiah (Princeton University Press, 2005).
INTERVIEW: The CIS at Thirty
Andrew Norton interviews Executive Director Greg Lindsay on the CIS' work and influence.
Sensory Order and Economic Order: The links between human cognition and economic freedom in Hayek's thought.
In this paper, Julie Novak illustrates the connection between The Sensory Order and Hayek's economic thought. His psychological...
The Wealth of Generations:Capitalism and the Belief in the Future
In this John Bonython Lecture, with optimism and humour, Johan Norberg looks forward to a future which can only improve with...
BOOK REVIEW: Against the Flow: Reflections of an Individualist
Against the Flow: Reflections of an Individualist by Samuel Brittain (Atlantic Books, 2005).
FEATURE: Forced To Be Free? Compelling Voluntary Student Unionism
The ossified politics of an earlier era are behind the VSU bill.
FEATURE: The Scientist's Pursuit of Happiness
Free societies provide the conditions for happiness.
In Defence of Global Capitalism
Norberg refutes, systematically and thoroughly, the tenets of the anti-globalisation movement. Johan Norberg illustrates...
BOOK REVIEW: The Escape From Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100: Europe, America and the Third World
The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100: Europe, America and the Third World by Robert William Fogel (Cambridge...
BOOK REVIEW: Well May We Say: The Speeches That Made Australia
Well May We Say: The Speeches That Made Australia by Sally Warhaft (Black Inc, 2004).
DEBATE: Global IP Markets Require Global Consistency
Rationalising international property rights across borders will promote creativity and prosperity worldwide: A reply to Kimberlee...
Rendering Unto Caesar: New Challenges for Church and State
In considering contemporary church-state relations, Gregg argues that religious communities need to reassess their role,...
BOOK REVIEW: A Perilous and Fighting Life: From Communist To Conservative,The Political Writings of Professor John Anderson
A Perilous and Fighting Life: From Communist to Conservative, The Political Writings of Professor John Anderson by Mark Weblin...
BOOK REVIEW: Corrupting the Youth: A History of Philosophy in Australia
Corrupting the Youth: A History of Philosophy in Australia by James Franklin (Macleay Press, 2003).
BOOK REVIEW: Orwell's Australia: From Cold War to Culture War
Orwell's Australia: From Cold War to Culture War by Dennis Glover (Scribe Publications, 2003).
RESPONSES BY INVITATION: Three Cheers for the Anglosphere
(In response to American Grand Strategy: The Imperial Logic of Bush's Liberal Agenda by Edward Rhodes in POLICY Summer 2003.) Three...
RESPONSES BY INVITATION: Fighting Words
(In response to American Grand Strategy: The Imperial Logic of Bush's Liberal Agenda by Edward Rhodes in POLICY Summer 2003.) Fighting...
RESPONSES BY INVITATION: A Call To Inaction
(In response to American Grand Strategy: The Imperial Logic of Bush's Liberal Agenda by Edward Rhodes in POLICY Summer 2003.) A...
BOOK REVIEW: Straw dogs: Thoughts On Humans and Other Animals
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals by John Gray (Grants, 2002).
SCHOOLS BRIEF: I, Pencil
Making pencils would not be possible without free markets, a simple truth that is often used to defend private enterprise.
INTERVIEW: Back To Human Nature?
Francis Fukuyama, internationally renowned philosopher and author of the recently released book, Our Posthuman Future: Consequence...
BOOK REVIEW: Robert Nozick
Robert Novick by A. R. Lacey (Princeton University Press, 2001.)
The Social Foundations of a Free Society
A look at five main areas where current trends may be eroding the free society - family life, schooling, community relations,...
BOOK REVIEW: The Representation of Business in English Literature
The Representation of Business in English Literature introduced and edited by Arthur Pollard (Institute of Economic Affairs,...
Shooting the Messenger: A Critique of Australia’s Internet Content Regulation Regime
With the expansion of the Internet into society, media reports of pornography, paedophiles and racist web sites have induced...
Economics & Ethics: The Dispute and the Dialogue
The relationship between economists and religious thinkers is often acrimonious. In this Occasional Paper, an economist Professor...
FEATURE: The Mont Pelerin Society Bali Meeting
The need remains to continue restating the case for the principles of classical liberalism in the West. A window of opportunity...
EDITORIAL: Spring 1999
Editorial for POLICY Magazine Spring 1999.
Principles for a Free Society
The need for a principled reconciliation between the prerogatives of individual liberty and social order has been a central...
Catholicism and the Architecture of Freedom
The nature of freedom is a question that has puzzled western societies from their very beginnings. In the Centre for Independent...
Religion and Liberty: Western Experiences, Asian Possibilities
In this CIS Occasional Paper, Samuel Gregg examines religion and its effects upon liberty in the West, before speculating...
FEATURE: The 'Asian Way' and Modern Liberalism: A Hayekian Perspective
F.A Hayek did not travel much to Asia, nor did he write anything substantial about Asia. Can Hayek, then, have anything to...
In Praise of the Free Economy: Essays
Michael Novak is the first contemporary Christian theologian to have dedicated many years of his life to a serious and open...
BOOK REVIEW: Justice for Here and Now
Justice for Here and Now by James P. Sterba (Cambridge University Press, 1998.)
BOOK REVIEW: The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered
The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered by George Soros (Little Brown, 1998.)
REVIEW: Learning From The Communist Experience?
The Reds: The Communist Party of Australia from Origins to Illegality by Stuart Macintyre (Allen & Unwin, 1998.)
The Modern Mask of Socialism
After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, many people assumed that socialism was dead and that liberal...
The Last Refuge: Hard and Soft Hansonism in Contemporary Australian Politics
Hard Hansonism includes a number of characteristic policies – on aboriginal affairs, protectionism, privatisation, competition...
BOOK NOTES: The Logic of Action: Two
The Logic of Action: Two by Murray N. Rothbard (Edward Elgar, 1997.)
BOOK REVIEW: Rewriting the Sexual Contact
Rewriting the Sexual Contact edited by Geoff Dench (Institute of Community Studies, 1997.)
BOOK REVIEW: On Voting: A Public Choice Approach
On Voting: A Public Choice Approach by Gordon Tullock (Edward Elgar for the John Locke Institute, Cheltenham, 1998.)
COMMENT: Cacophony and Chaos
Internet Censorship and Content Regulation.
FEATURE: Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value?
Moving toward, or away from, wage justice for women?
EDITORIAL: Winter 1998
Editorial POLICY Magazine Winter 1998.
Open for Business? Australian Interests and the OECD's Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)
The proposed OECD’s Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), which the Australian government has been helping to negotiate,...
BOOK NOTES: An Introduction to the Thought of Karl Popper
An Introduction to the Thought of Karl Popper by Roberta Corvi (Routledge, 1997.)
BOOK REVIEW: Rooting Democracy
Rooting Democracy: Growing the Society We Want by Moira Rayner (Allen & Unwin, 1997.)
EDITORIAL: Autumn 1998
POLICY Autumn 1998 Editorial
FEATURE: The New Populism in Australia
Since the 1970s, Australians have been living through an age of uncertainty or, perhaps more positively, an age of redefinition.
Nationality
Is the nation state the best form of political organisation? Should a country’s borders be based on racial or linguistic...
The Morality of Capitalism
Capitalism is winning the economic battle all over the world. The collapse of socialism has left it without serious challenge...
REVIEW ARTICLE: Charles Murray's Libertarianism
What It Means To Be A Libertarian: A Personal Interpretation Charles Murray (Broadway Books, 1997.)
FEATURE: The Moral Habit
An interview with James Q. Wilson.
EDITORIAL: Spring 1997
Editorial for POLICY Magazine Spring 1997.
BOOK NOTES: When Strangers Cooperate: Using Social Conventions to Govern Ourselves
When Strangers Cooperate: Using Social Conventions to Govern Ourselves by David W. Brown (The Free Press, 1996.)
BOOK REVIEW: Hayek and After: Hayekian Liberalism as a Research Programme
Hayek and After: Hayekian Liberalism as a Research Programme by Jeremy Shearmur (Routledge, 1996.)
BOOK NOTE: Borders in Cyberspace: Information Policy and the Global Information and Infrastructure
Borders in Cyberspace: Information Policy and the Global Information and Infrastructure edited by Brian Kahin and Charles...
COMMENT: On The Fifth Anniversary of Hayek's Death
With the death of Friedrich A. von Hayek five years ago, we lost a last representative of a gifted generation of classically...
FEATURE: Threats to Freedom: Then and Now
The Mont Pelerin Society after 50 years.
BOOK REVIEW: The Political Thought of Karl Popper
The Political Thought of Karl Popper by Jeremy Shearmur (Routledge, 1996.)
BOOK REVIEW: Libertarians and Liberalism: Essays in Honour of Gerard Radnitzky
Libertarians and Liberalism: Essays in Honour of Gerard Radnitzky by H. Bouillon (Avebury-Ashgate Publishing, 1996.)
OBITUARY: Bert Kelly
Charles Robert Kelly: 1912-1997.
FEATURE: Fear of Freedom
Political correctness, free speech and alien invasions.
Markets, Morals and Community
Few people today doubt the market’s contribution to prosperity, but still there are powerful intellectual traditions opposing...
BOOK REVIEW: The Age of Rights
The Age of Rights by Norberto Bobbio, translated by Allan Cameron (Polity Press, 1996.)
BOOK REVIEW: On the Cards: Privacy, Identity and Trust in the Age of Smart Technologies
On the Cards: Privacy, Identity and Trust in the Age of Smart Technologies by Perri 6 and Ivan Briscoe (Demos, 1996.)
Institutions of innovation and Poverty
Western nations benefit from social institutions that create prosperity and liberty. The separation of the economic and political...
BOOK REVIEW: Jurisprudence of Liberty
Jurisprudence of Liberty edited by Suri Ratnapala and G.A Moens (Butterworths, 1996.)
BOOK REVIEW: Isaiah Berlin
Isaiah Berlin by John Gray (HarperCollins, 1995.)
FEATURE: The CIS At Twenty
Greg Lindsay talks to Andrew Norton on the 20th anniversary of the Centre for Independent Studies.
BOOK REVIEW: Civilizing Cyberspace: Policy Power, and the Information Superhighway
Civilizing Cyberspace: Policy Power, and the Information Superhighway by Steven E. Miller (Addison-Wesley/ACM Publishing,...
FEATURE: Nationality, Utility, Liberty
Andrew Norton talks to Greg Melleuish and Chandran Kukathas about the nature of Australian Liberalism and the challenges...
FEATURE: Public Figures and The Press
Privacy and media accountability.
FEATURE: Brigitte Berger's Cautious Conservatism
After speaking with Brigitte Berger, the 1995 John Bonython Lecturer, Policy editor Andrew Norton analyses her distinctive...
BOOK REVIEW: The War of the Words: The Political Correctness Debate
The War of the Words: The Political Correctness Debate edited by Sarah Dunant (Virago Press, 1994.)
BOOK REVIEW: Individualism and Collectivism
Individualism and Collectivism by Harry C. Triandis (Westview Press, 1995.)
The Social Roots of Prosperity
A society’s prosperity depends on its families. That is the central message of Brigitte Berger’s analysis of economic...
BOOK REVIEW: Conditions of Liberty: Civil Society and Its Rivals
Conditions of Liberty: Civil Society and Its Rivals by Ernest Gellner (Hamish Hamilton, 1994.)
BOOK REVIEW: The Index of Economic Freedom
The Index of Economic Freedom by Bryan T. Johnson and Thomas P. Sheehy (Heritage Foundation, 1995.)
BOOK REVIEW: Bioethics in Liberal Society
Bioethics in a Liberal Society by Max Charlesworth (Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 1993.)
The Century of Networking
In this John Bonython Lecture, Rupert Murdoch reflects on the coming century of networking. In contrast with pessimistic...
FEATURE: An Interview with Conor Cruise O'Brien
Nationalism, the Republic and what Edmund Burke would have thought of it all.
OBITUARY: Karl Popper
The death of Karl Popper signals the twilights of the era when philosophy in the English speaking world was dominated by...
BOOK REVIEW: Thinking the Unthinkable: Think-Tanks and the Economic Counter-Revolution 1931-1983
Thinking the Unthinkable: Think-Tanks and the Economic Counter-Revolution 1931-1983 by Richard Cockett (HarperCollins, London,...
The Moral Sense: An Essay
The distinctive feature of The Moral Sense: An Essay is that it uses the findings of modern science and social science to...
FEATURE: Defending Negative Liberty
The importance of there being no impediments to action.
FEATURE: Freedom of Expression
The High Court takes steps to protect freedom of expression.
REVIEW ARTICLE: Civic Community and Modern Democracy
Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy by Robert D. Putnam, Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Y. Nanetti (Princeton...
BOOK REVIEW: Liberalism
Liberalism edited by Richard J. Arneson (Edward Elgar, Aldershot, 1992.)
BOOK REVIEW: Rethinking Theory
Rethinking Theory by Richard Freadman and Seumas Miller (Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 1992.)
FEATURE: A Road to Hell Paved With Good Intentions
Hayek's warning to the world.
Literature and Freedom
In this CIS Occasional Paper, Mario Vargas Llosa highlights the mutually beneficial relationship between literature and freedom....
Endangered Freedom
In the fifth John Bonython Lecture, Thomas Sowell argues that public life in Western countries is blighted by an ‘unconstrained...
Questions of Conquest and Culture
In the tenth John Bonython Lecture, the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa reflects on the key question: ‘Can these cultures...
Lessons from the Freiburg School: The Institutional Foundations of Freedom and Prosperity
West Germany’s post-War economic success was based on the ideas of the ‘Freiburg school,’ a school of liberal economists,...
BOOK REVIEW: Reviving the Vigorous Virtues
The Anatomy of Thatcherism by Shirley Robin Letwin (Fontana, 1992.)
Why I Am Not a Conservative
Liberals who uphold the idea of a free society in which both economic and civil liberties are respected are often regarded...
Freedom, Tradition, Conservatism
This CIS Occasional Paper reproduces an essay of his first published in 1960. In it, Meyer argues that the ‘libertarian’...
FEATURE: For Compulsory Voting
Australia's practice of compulsory voting is widely regarded as an infringement of individual liberty that benefits only...
FEATURE: Why Australia's Divorce Law Should Be Reformed
The law on divorce should be reformed to give effect to a 'democratic compromise' between liberal and conservative concerns.
REVIEW: Secret Ballot, Secret Malice
Politics and Process: New Essays in Democratic Thought edited by Geoffrey Brennan and Loren E. Lomasky (Cambridge University...
OBITUARY: F. A. Hayek
F. A. Hayek, 8 May 1899 - 23 March 1992: An appreciation.
FEATURE: Universal Reason Covers All: Hiram Caton's The Politics of Progress
"The Libertarians' political beliefs are shaped by a legend of man's progress from the shackles of customary society to...
NOTES AND COMMENTS: The Blessing of Market Capitalism
In Centesimus annus, the Pope is unsparing in his criticism of communism, socialism and (less explicitly) the Catholic flirtation...
Dismantling Socialism: A Preliminary Report
In the eighth John Bonython Lecture, Václav Klaus, Finance Minister of Czechoslovakia, gives an account of his government’s...
The Fraternal Conceit: Individualist versus Collectivist Ideas of Community
In this Occasional Paper, Dr Chandran Kukathas defends the liberal conception of civil association, in which individuals...
REVIEW ARTICLE: Rationalist or Anti-Rationalist?
Chandran Kukathas' Hayek and Modern Liberalism.
Socialism Is Dead But Leviathan Lives On
In the seventh John Bonython Lecture, James Buchanan observes that the death of socialism has not been accompanied by the...
The Egalitarian Conceit: False and True Equalities
Professor Kenneth Minogue traces the roots of modern egalitarianism to the Greek and Christian culture from which Western...
Endangered Freedom
In the fifth John Bonython Lecture, Thomas Sowell argues that public life in Western countries is blighted by an ‘unconstrained...
Traditions of Liberalism: Essays on John Locke, Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill
The1980's has seem a remarkable revival of Classical Liberalism, the political philosophy that places a high value on individual...
The Enemies of Progress
In the third John Bonython Lecture, Ralph Harris recounts the advances that economic freedom and entrepreneurship have brought...
Ideas about Freedom: A Discussion
Kenneth R. Minogue and John Gray, in separate essays, examine the history and assumptions behind liberalism and conservatism....
The Anti-Capitalist Mentality: Post Mortem for an Ideology
In the Second John Bonython Lecture, Professor R. M. Hartwell traces the history of the anti-capitalist mentality back to...
Hayek's 'Serfdom' Revisited
Essays by economists, philosophers and political scientists on The Road to Serfdom after 40 years. Tributes by Norman Barry,...
The Role of the Entreprenuer in the Economic System
In the Inaugural John Bonython Lecture, Israel Kirzner strongly defends the entrepreneur's role in keeping our economy healthy...
The Politics of Multiculturalism
For several years now, politicians of all persuasions have been telling us that Australia is a 'multicultural society'. Purely...
Liberty, Justice and the Market
Lauchlan Chipman challenges us not only to reject the notion that there is a conflict between liberty, justice and the market,...
Social Justice, Socialism and Democracy: Three Australian Lectures
Three lectures on democracy by F.A. Hayek.
