Publications by Author

1. Regulation or Strangulation? Banking After the Global Financial Crisis

   Ian Harper, Robert Carling | 12 Jun 2012 | Policy Forum

   Inadequate regulation of finance has taken much of the blame for the global financial crisis, leading governments around... Read More...

2. FEATURE: Why Would an Economic Liberal Set Minimum Wages?

   Ian Harper | 12 Dec 2009 | POLICY Magazine

   The Fair Pay Commission brought consultations and research to minimum wage setting.

3. Christian Morality and Market Capitalism: Friends or Foes?

   Ian Harper | 21 Oct 2003 | Occasional Papers

   In the 5th Annual CIS Acton Lecture on Religion & Freedom, Ian Harper explores the moral basis of market capitalism––its... Read More...

4. FEATURE: Health Sense: When Spending Money Saves Money

   Ian Harper | 09 Sep 2003 | POLICY Magazine

   It would cost the government more to allow private health insurance to dwindle than to continue to support it.

5. COMMENT: Quo vadis Australia?

   Ian Harper | 03 Mar 2002 | POLICY Magazine

   For generations, Australians have lived off the bounty of the land. But in the era of globalisation, it will be the bounty... Read More...

6. Noble Ends Flawed Means: The Case Against Debt-Forgiveness

   Ian Harper | 28 Sep 1999 | Issue Analysis

   Plans by the World Bank and the IMF to relieve Third World debt would have dire consequences for the very countries they... Read More...

7. FEATURE: Electronic Payments Systems And Their Economic Implications

   Ian Harper, Phillip Leslie | 03 Mar 1995 | POLICY Magazine

   Smart Cards undermine central bank currency monopolies.