Welcome to North Korea
In Welcome to North Korea, Dutch film makers Peter Tetteroo and Raymond Feddema give an all too brief view of the realities of life in communist North Korea. The full realty is hidden from view, as the film makers are escorted by their hosts to the various monuments and museums of the capital, Pyongyang.
Privatise the ABC
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is the national, non-commercial broadcaster of the Australian Government. I enjoy the ABC. I listen to NewsRadio, and enjoy watching television programs such as Lateline, Yes Minister and Grassroots on ABC television. However I would like to see the ABC privatised (turned into an organisation based on voluntary association) or the assets given to private citizens1. This is primarily because the ABC is funded by taxation, a compulsory payment to the government, rather than by voluntary payments from advertisers or viewers.
Rain in the Catchment
With all this lovely rain falling in the Sydney area in the recent past, in many conversations I hear the common sentence, “I hope it’s falling in the catchment area.” This hope in some way reflects the helplessness we feel. City and suburb dwellers see blanket rain coverage for days and yet there seems to be no end to ‘our water crisis’. Doesn’t something seem wrong here?
Economic Lessons from the Parables
In The Eye of the Needle: Economic Lessons from the Parables, Father Robert Sirico, Roman Catholic priest and co-founder of the Acton Institute, draws out some lessons about economics from two parables: The Parable of the Hidden Treasure (Matthew 13:44) and The Parable of the Rich Fool (Luke 12:13-21).
The Tension Between Economics and Religion
In his lecture, The Tension Between Economics and Religion, Robert Murphy, a academic economist at Hillsdale College and intelligent Christian layman, examines several issues and Bible passages that seem to indicate that Christianity is inconsistent with Anarcho-capitalism (free market economics). Murphy shows that they are not necessarily inconsistent.
A Summary of the Austrian Economists
The Ludwig von Mises Institute provides articles about the Austrian School of economics and the major economists in the school. This short piece attempts to compliment these works. It presents an overview (in the form of a table) of the four main Austrian School economists and their major works.
Privatise the Murray-Darling River System
This article argues in favour of the privatisation of the Murray-Darling River System by advancing four main arguments in favour of privatisation.
The Privatisation of Telstra
This article argues in favour of the privatisation of Telstra, with a defense of private property in general and an application to Telstra.
