Publications by Author

1. FEATURE: NIMBY? BACKYARD BONUS!

   Jeremy Shearmur | 01 Sep 2010 | POLICY Magazine

   Communities bidding for 'backyard bonus' compensation packages could overcome NIMBY objections.

2. REVIEW ESSAY: Clive Hamilton, The Universe and Everything

   Jeremy Shearmur | 12 Dec 2008 | POLICY Magazine

   Clive Hamilton asks some interesting quesitions but gives unconvincing answers, writes Jeremy Shearmur in The Freedom Paradox:... Read More...

3. REVIEW ESSAY: Popper's Critique of 'Free-Market Ideology'

   Jeremy Shearmur | 15 Sep 2008 | POLICY Magazine

   Popper's views on the role of government in a free society do not always fit easily within the classical liberal tradition.

4. FEATURE: The Real Body Shop, part 2: Spare Parts

   Jeremy Shearmur | 03 Mar 2008 | POLICY Magazine

   There is something morally unattractive about selling body parts, but the alternatives are worse.

5. FEATURE: The Real Body Shop, Part 1: Blood and Corpses

   Jeremy Shearmur | 12 Dec 2007 | POLICY Magazine

   We should consider allowing the sale of blood and body parts.

6. FEATURE: Free Speech, Offence and Religion

   Jeremy Shearmur | 07 Jul 2006 | POLICY Magazine

   Free speech is not a licence to disregard the sensibilities of others.

7. BOOK REVIEW: Picture Imperfect: Utopian Thought for an Anti-Utopian Age

   Jeremy Shearmur | 07 Jul 2006 | POLICY Magazine

   Picture Imperfect: Utopian Thought for an Anti-Utopian Age by Russell Jacoby (Columbia University Press, 2005).

8. COMMENT: The Cancer Competition?

   Jeremy Shearmur | 03 Mar 2006 | POLICY Magazine

   Selected medical research could be funded through competitive prizes.

9. BOOK REVIEW: Hayek's Challenge: An Intellectual Biography of F.A. Hayek

   Jeremy Shearmur | 06 Jun 2004 | POLICY Magazine

   Hayek's Challenge: An Intellectual Biography of F.A. Hayek by Bruce Caldwell (University of Chicago Press, 2004.)

10. BOOK REVIEW: Terror and LIberalism

    Jeremy Shearmur | 09 Sep 2003 | POLICY Magazine

    Terror and Liberalism by Paul Berman (New York & London, Norton, 2003.)

11. BOOK REVIEW: Straw dogs: Thoughts On Humans and Other Animals

    Jeremy Shearmur | 03 Mar 2003 | POLICY Magazine

    Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals by John Gray (Grants, 2002).

12. BOOK REVIEW: The Voluntary City

    Jeremy Shearmur | 12 Dec 2002 | POLICY Magazine

    The Voluntary City Edited by David T. Beito, Peter Gordon and Alexander Tabarrok (University of Michigan Press and The Independent... Read More...

13. FEATURE: Living With a Marsupial Mouse: Lessons from Celebration, Florida

    Jeremy Shearmur | 06 Jun 2002 | POLICY Magazine

    Celebration, a private community developed by The Disney Corporation in Florida, indicates how diversity and experiments... Read More...

14. BOOK REVIEW: Friedrich Hayek: A Biography

    Jeremy Shearmur | 09 Sep 2001 | POLICY Magazine

    Friedrich Hayek: A Biography by Alan Ebenstein (Palgrave, 2001.)

15. CONTROVERSY: The Individual: A Suitable Case for Denationalisation

    Jeremy Shearmur | 06 Jun 1995 | POLICY Magazine

    A discussion of euthanasia, following its legalisation in the Northern Territory and similar proposals for the ACT and NSW.

16. FEATURE: From Social Workers To Employment Agents

    Jeremy Shearmur | 12 Dec 1994 | POLICY Magazine

    In today's labour market everyone might need an employment agent.

17. Karl Popper’s Politics: Liberalism versus Democratic Socialism

    Jeremy Shearmur | 01 Nov 1994 | Occasional Papers

    Karl Popper (1902-94) was one of the twentieth century’s leading philosophers. In this Occasional Paper Jeremy Shearmur... Read More...

18. BOOK REVIEW: Thinking the Unthinkable: Think-Tanks and the Economic Counter-Revolution 1931-1983

    Jeremy Shearmur | 09 Sep 1994 | POLICY Magazine

    Thinking the Unthinkable: Think-Tanks and the Economic Counter-Revolution 1931-1983 by Richard Cockett (HarperCollins, London,... Read More...