Publications
Our publications are the most important means of contact between the Centre's ideas and its general readership. Since 1976, The Centre for Independent Studies has produced some of the most authoritative publications in Australasian academia. From the influential Lands of Shame to the authoritative Will China Fail? CIS has published hundreds of publications covering topics from the social policy to legal affairs to religion and education.
In addition to books, the CIS publishes a range of shorter publications: Issue Analyses deal with controversial and current issues and Policy Mongraphs investigate and offer policy solutions. Since 1984, Policy magazine has published feature articles and reviews authored by some of the foremost national and international thinkers on public policy and ideas. The quality of writing and the diversity of topics in Policy ensure its status as a 'must read' by leading politicans, businesspeople and academics.
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All Population Publications
Saving Medicare But NOT As We Know It
High growth in health spending is the area of public expenditure that will unsustainably increase the size of government...
TARGET30 SNAPSHOT: Saving Medicare But NOT As We Know It
High growth in health spending is the area of public expenditure that will unsustainably increase the size of government...
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...
Faraway, So Close: How the Euro Crisis Affects Australia
Europe’s economic crisis has been shaking financial markets for the past three years. Countries like Greece, Ireland, Portugal,...
Flight of the Kiwi: Addressing the Brain Drain
Why are so many New Zealanders flocking to Australian shores, and what can be done to stop the so-called Kiwi ‘brain drain’? In...
Hands, Mouths and Minds: Three Perspectives on Population Growth and Living Standards
The long-run relationship between population growth and living standards has been a source of controversy among economists....
Selection, Migration and Integration: Why Multiculturalism Works in Australia (And Fails in Europe)
Australia’s migrants are extremely well integrated by international standards, particularly Europe. The reason why multiculturalism...
Australia’s Angry Mayors: How Population Growth Frustrates Local Councils
To understand the effects of a growing population on Australia’s councils, CIS surveyed local authorities from all over...
Droughts and Flooding Rains: Water Provision for a Growing Australia
In the 2010 federal elections, the debate over Australia’s population surfaced once again. Groups concerned with the impacts...
Populate and Perish? Modelling Australia's Demographic Future
Since the publication of the 2010 Intergenerational Report, Australia has been debating its demographic future and whether...
FEATURE: Public Opinion Divided on Population, Immigration and Asylum
Australians oppose asylum seekers arriving by boat but support the migration program.
FEATURE: Saving For Not-So-Rainy Days
Market pricing, not water restrictions, is the best way of dealing with shortages.
FEATURE: '...Who Comes to Australia?'
Where migrants come from can tell us something about how they might fit in.
BOOK REVIEW: Skepticism and Freedom: A Modern Case for Classical Liberalism
Skepticism and Freedom: A Modern Case for Classical Liberalism by Richard A. Epstein (University of Chicago Press, 2003.)
BOOK REVIEW: Past Wrongs, Future Rights
Past Wrongs, Future Rights by Michael Warby (Tasman Institute, 1997.)
REVIEW ARTICLE: Charles Murray's Libertarianism
What It Means To Be A Libertarian: A Personal Interpretation Charles Murray (Broadway Books, 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.)
COMMENT: Direct Democracy: The Case Against
Politicians have an incentive to get it right- as do their advisers.
FEATURE: The Case Against Software Patents
The economic inefficiency of patents.
BOOK REVIEW: An Intellectual History of Liberalism
An Intellectual History of Liberalism by Pierre Manent (Princeton University Press, 1994.)
FEATURE: Microeconomic Reform and the Welfare State
An exploration of the scope for reforming the welfare state through a greater reliance on means tests and on private provision...
BOOK REVIEW: Wood and Trees
Trends in Biomedical edited by Hiram Caton (Butterworths, 1990.)
