Economics

Peter Francis Fenwick

Frederic Bastiat is Seen Again!

Avoid economic fallacies. Read Gary Furnell's brilliant new edition of the Bastiat classic "That Which is Seen and That Which is Not Seen".

Peter Francis Fenwick

Peace and Prosperity in Palestine

Seventy-five years of denying Israel’s right to exist has not produced good results for Palestinians. Time for Plan B.

Peter Francis Fenwick

Chalmers offers Australia a New Deal

Chalmers 2024 Budget does not limit government spending to what it can afford. It chases votes in vulnerable seats and rewards cronies.

Peter Francis Fenwick

Book Review: Ten Global Trends

In Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know, Bailey and Tupy provide the evidence to show just how good life is for most people.

Peter Francis Fenwick

Chief Health Officers were unable to Control Pandemic

Sound economic decisions cannot be made centrally by expert bureaucrats because they can never have all the knowledge needed.

Peter Francis Fenwick

The best guide to economics ever written

The reprinting of Henry Hazlitt's classic Economics in One Lesson is timely.

Peter Francis Fenwick

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...

Peter Francis Fenwick

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...

Peter Francis Fenwick

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...

Peter Francis Fenwick

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...