Tax and cut: a very modern oxymoron
For a week now our newspapers have been ablaze with news stories and poll analysis celebrating the government’s announcement of…
Tax by stealth – the art of plucking the golden goose
The art of taxation consists of plucking the goose so as to obtain the most feathers with the least hissing.…
A sugar tax is “Do Something” Economics 101
Britain’s recent implementation of a sugar tax has reignited the push for an Australian sugar tax, pointing to ‘science’. Often,…
Do ice cream sales increase shark attacks?
Labor MP Andrew Leigh’s study on data around effective company tax rates and employment shows incomplete analysis that mistakes correlation for…
Economics in one lesson
Just over 70 years ago, economist Henry Hazlitt wrote an economics textbook, Economics in One Lesson, which is still regarded…
Why not tax obesity instead of sugar?
Once upon a time, New Year’s resolutions were the purview of the individual. You made an unwritten pact with yourself…
