CHOs Cannot Control a Pandemic
Sound economic decisions cannot be made centrally by expert bureaucrats because they can never have all the knowledge needed.
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- Nov 15, 2020
- 9 min
The best guide to economics ever written
The reprinting of Henry Hazlitt's classic Economics in One Lesson is timely.
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- Jul 22, 2020
- 6 min
How to Bolster Youth Employment
We need to ensure our kids are not priced out of the labour market. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, many jobs have been lost, some...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- Jun 18, 2020
- 3 min
Universities: Bailout or Restructure?
A spokeswoman for the Vice Chancellors of our major Universities said that they had advised the Minister, Dan Tehan, that unless they got...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
Paying for COVID-19
If the government pays citizens who are not working, and refunds businesses who employ people who have nothing to do, this is not...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- Mar 29, 2020
- 2 min
Discretionary Saving
For the time being there are lots of things we cannot spend our money on. What will we do with the money we save? In response to the...
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Loretta Lockesmith
- Sep 4, 2019
- 7 min
Exploitation or Opportunity?
The other day I met my old friends Marcia and Ann for lunch at Babka in Brunswick Street. It was good to catch up again. Babka is just a...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- Nov 2, 2017
- 6 min
Minimum Wage Keeps Youth Unemployed
In the spirit of the famous Harvester case, ACTU secretary Sally McManus is proposing an overhaul of the national minimum wage to better...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- Jul 1, 2016
- 3 min
The Miracle of Pricing
The miracle of pricing is that it enables individuals to be part of a world-wide supply chain, each prospering by doing their bit without...
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Peter Francis Fenwick
- Feb 25, 2016
- 4 min
The Swedish Model Failed Too
Bernie Sanders candidacy for Presidency of the United States has put Socialism back on the political agenda. How could such a failed...
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