Briefing Papers

Briefing Papers

1. Privatisation – Duncan Reekie
2. Smoking – Duncan Reekie
3. Minimum Wages – Henry Kenney and Duncan Reekie
4. Development and Economic Freedom – Henry Kenney and Duncan Reekie
5. The flat consumption tax – Henry Kenney and Duncan Reekie
6. Governance of the modern corporation – Duncan Reekie
7. Institutions and private property – Henry Kenney and Duncan Reekie
8. Towards private and independent universities? – Duncan Reekie
9. Still more private health? – Duncan Reekie
10. Industrial policy and ‘winner picking’ – Duncan Reekie
11. One man, one vote, but only once – Duncan Reekie
12. Nationalisation – Henry Kenney
13. Monetary policy and inflation – Dr Richard J. Grant
14. Affirmative Action: Who Wins? – Brian Kantor
15. A weak rand and exchange controls – Richard J Grant
16. Corporate restructuring and competition policy – Professor Brian Kantor
17. Economic Freedom: A must for incomes and growth – Henry Kenney and Duncan Reekie
18. Brand name medicines – Duncan Reekie
19. Privatisation: Consumer interest or “public” interest – Professor Brian Kantor
20. Coupon socialists: A critique of the new Marxists – Henry Kenney
21. Competition versus policy – Richard J Grant
22. Forcing universities to compete – W Duncan Reekie
23. A future for tradable water rights – Richard J Grant
24. Universities: Conservation or transformation? – Prof ML Truu
25. The power of freedom – Henry Kenney
26. Competition lowers the cost of medicine – W. Duncan Reekie, E.P. Bradlow
27. Housing delivery – Leon Louw
28. The market, justice and morality – Themba Sono
29. Helping the sick through innovation in insurance – Adrian Gore
30. A future for tradable water rights – Richard J Grant
31. Is this how the DTI views “competition”? – Duncan Reekie and Harry Zarenda
32. Land reform – and rapidly! – Leon Louw and Dr Jim Harris
33. Whither competition policy? – David Solomon
34. Forex markets at work – central banks keep out – Professor Brian Kantor
35. Jobs and economic freedom – Dr Jim Harris
36. Tobacco policy: A matter of principle – Leon Louw
37. From poverty to prosperity – Henry Kenney
38. Getting back to real money – Dr Jim Harris
39. Freedom in the skies: Air transport in South Africa – Terry Markman
40. The role of “Mickey Mouse” in serious government – from The Mendès Analyst, May 1999
41. Would you join the dangerous world of financial advice? – Dr Brian Benfield
42. Radicalising upliftment – Paul Pereira
43. How economics can contribute to reducing crime – Leon Louw
44. Nationalisation of water and minerals – Leon Louw
45. Economic freedom in South Africa 1998-99 – Henry Kenney
46. Intellectual property rights, foreign trade and investment – Leon Louw
47. Malaria and the environmentalists – Richard Tren
48. Anxious elites prosper at expense of disease-ridden poor – Roger Bate
49. Debacle in Seattle: Why free trade matters – W. Duncan Reekie
50. Developing countries need free trade – Roger Bate
51. Globalisation builds democracy – Sinclair Davidson
52. Combating crime: Innovative solutions – Dr Jim Harris
53. AIDS and WHO – Roger Bate
54. Town planning and the market – Johan Biermann
55. Would you start a new life assurance company in South Africa? – Dr Brian Benfield
56. Will a ban on “thin” plastic bags solve the litter problem? – Dr Brian Benfield
57. South Africa’s battle with AIDS and drug prices – W. Duncan Reekie, E.P. Bradlow
58. Half-listening to the market – Professor Brian Kantor
59. Nationalising the taxi industry: What not to do – Dr Jim Harris
60. Extend consumer choice to roads – Professor Brian Kantor
61. The Asset Forfeiture Unit – a warning from history – Robert W Vivian
62. Telecommunications liberalisation – Neil Emerick
63. Seven simple rules – a libertarian hierarchy of needs – Dr Jim Harris
64. Accountants, regulators or markets? – Professor Brian Kantor
65. The real lesson from Enron – Brian Kantor
66. We need exceptional politicians – Leon Louw
67. Heresy and the green inquisition – Jim Peron
68. Give students tax-breaks for financing their own university studies – Jim Peron
69. Ideas for addressing poverty that are better than BIG – Paul N Malherbe