28 May2011

The fiscal fighting turns feral

Posted in Op eds

Henry in The Australian Friday 27 May 2011:

"Fiscal  federalism is dead; feral fiscalism - in which each jurisdiction tries to snatch revenues from others - has replaced it. The old regime was nothing to boast about; its successor is deformed at birth."

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16 May2011

America takes us back to the seventies

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Henry in The Australian Monday 16 May 2011:

'Forty years ago, on May 10, 1971, Germany allowed the Deutschmark to float, precipitating the end of the international monetary arrangements reached at Bretton Woods in 1944.'

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27 Apr2011

Super chance to reform system

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Henry in The Australian Wednesday 27 April:

"When Wayne Swan stands up on budget night to commend the increase in the superannuation guarantee, he will be channelling the economist he loves to hate, Friedrich Hayek"

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15 Apr2011

Regulate the regulators

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Henry in The Australian Friday 15 April 2011:

"What this country needs from its regulators is rules, not roulette. Nowhere is that need greater than at the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. With Graeme Samuel's departure, it's time to bring to the ACCC disciplines the Rule of Law Association of Australia has long called for."

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