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  • 3 weeks ago | lawliberty.org | Benjamin Clark |Adam Carrington |Mike Watson |Gage Klipper

    Affirmative action, abortion, and LGBTQ rights: Americans debate the approach we should take to these issues along Constitutional, policy, and moral lines. Each matter holds distinct elements. However, when you strip the arguments for and against to their foundation, you find a common root. They all concern the meaning of the assertion, made in the Declaration of Independence, that “all men are created equal.”This example displays a broader point. First principles wear many clothes.

  • Feb 17, 2025 | inkl.com | Benjamin Clark |Bernard Keane

    Everyone loves investment tax breaks for business, especially small business. Politicians love handing them out. The beneficiaries love receiving them. Providers of capital equipment love them because they boost demand — think of all those giant utes on the roads subsidised by tax breaks for tradies. The business press extols their virtues, even if they only bring forward tax deductions that would have been claimed over a longer period. But do they actually work?

  • Dec 15, 2024 | crikey.com.au | Benjamin Clark

    On Thursday, the Albanese government announced a new plan — the news bargaining incentive (NBI) — to ensure tech giants keep paying for Australian journalism. The plan entails imposing an unavoidable levy on large digital platforms if they refuse to enter commercial deals with media outlets. The levy will apply to all social and search platforms with Australian revenue of more than $250 million.

  • Nov 24, 2024 | crikey.com.au | Benjamin Clark

    Like Lynx deodorant, wet dreams and the comedian Jimmy Carr, libertarianism is meant to be a phase men grow out of by at least their late teens. Elon Musk, however, appears to be growing more adolescent as he ages. His “small government” ideology is obviously blinkered, conveniently skating over the billions in taxpayer loans and contracts he has received. Nonetheless, it is increasingly central to both his political and business decisions.

  • Nov 11, 2024 | crikey.com.au | Benjamin Clark

    Anyone discussing the US election ought to affix this important caveat: the dust is still settling, results are still being processed and analysed, and it will probably take months to draw definitive conclusions. Nonetheless, there are some early indications of why many American voters failed to support Kamala Harris in sufficient numbers. These will not only provoke soul-searching among Democrats, but also spell bad news for Anthony Albanese and his Labor government.

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