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Michael Warby

Michael Warby has a wide range of experience in public policy. He has been a union workplace delegate, a board member of the H R Nicholls Society, and is a principal of a business that puts on Medieval and Ancient days for schools.

Publications by Author

  1. BOOK REVIEW: Lessons From the Global Financial Crisis: The Relevance of Adam Smith on Morality and Free Markets

    Michael Warby | 22 Mar 2010 | POLICY Magazine

     Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis: The Relevance of Adam Smith on Morality and Free Markets by Richard Morgan (Connor... Read More...

  2. BOOK REVIEW: The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics and the Modern West

    Michael Warby | 04 Jun 2008 | POLICY Magazine

    The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics and the Modern West by Mark Lilla (Knopf, 2007).

  3. FEATURE: Can Votes Be Bought?

    Michael Warby | 09 Sep 2004 | POLICY Magazine

    More government spending hasn't paid electoral dividends.

  4. BOOK REVIEW: Common Ground: Issues That Should Bind Us and Not Divide Us

    Michael Warby | 06 Jun 2003 | POLICY Magazine

    Common Ground: Issues that Should Bind Us and Not Divide Us by Malcolm Fraser (Viking, Pengiun Australia, 2002).

  5. COMMENT: The Labelling Game

    Michael Warby | 03 Mar 2002 | POLICY Magazine

    Political labels are powerful tools. But misused and overused, they become bereft of meaning- to wit, the label 'right-wing'-... Read More...

  6. BOOK REVIEW: Anti-Liberalism 2000: The Rise of New Millenium Collectivism

    Michael Warby | 09 Sep 2001 | POLICY Magazine

    Anti-liberalism 2000: The Rise of New Millenium Collectivism by David Henderson (Institute of Economic Affairs.)

  7. BOOK REVIEW: The Mystery of Capital

    Michael Warby | 03 Mar 2001 | POLICY Magazine

    The Mystery of Capital by Hernando de Soto (Basic Books, 2000.)

  8. BOOK REVIEW: in Praise of Commercial Culture

    Michael Warby | 12 Dec 1998 | POLICY Magazine

    In Praise of Commercial Culture by Tyler Cowen (Harvard University Press, 1998.)

  9. SCHOOLS' BRIEF: Government in a Mixed Economy

    Michael Warby | 09 Sep 1996 | POLICY Magazine

    Why does government exist?

  10. REVIEW ARTICLE: The Political Obsession Revisited: Eva Cox's Boyer Lectures

    Michael Warby | 03 Mar 1996 | POLICY Magazine

    A Truly Civil Society: 1995 Boyer Lectures Eva Cox (ABC Books, 1995.)

  11. SCHOOLS' BRIEF: GATT: What Is It, What Does It Mean?

    Michael Warby | 03 Mar 1994 | POLICY Magazine

    Trade within a country is covered by that country's legal system. Trade across national boundaries lacks such a framework... Read More...

  12. NOTES & COMMENTS: Australia's Ever Growing State

    Michael Warby | 06 Jun 1993 | POLICY Magazine

    "Contrary to widespread belief, government in Australia did not become smaller in the 1980s. It got bigger."

Opinion & Commentary by Author

  1. An election to be lost rather than to be won

    Michael Warby | 15 Sep 2004 | The Newcastle Herald

    The federal election campaign is on, so each side is attempting to outbid the other for our vote.

Ideas@TheCentre by Author