Supporting the Dries: The Think Tanks
They carry briefs for the general interest against the specific and for freedom against collectivism In the previous post, we explored how the German economist Wolfgang Kasper helped to put together […]
Broader Dries: Wolfgang Kasper
“Only ignorant journalists and Keynesian pseudo-economists call these episodes ‘miracles’.” When Wolfgang Kasper arrived in Australia in 1973, it was only meant to be a short academic visit. He had […]
Broader Dries: John Stone
“Have Australians, today, the ‘will to do great things together again’?” The previous three articles in this series have profiled the three founding members of the dries, John Hyde, Peter Shack, and Jim […]
Dry Profile: Jim Carlton
‘What did you do for Australia this week?’ When Jim Carlton was a newly minted member of parliament, he used to chat to his colleague Kevin Cairns (the Liberal member […]
Dry Profile: Peter Shack
“… I found the ‘what should be’ far more exciting than the ‘what is’.” When he was first elected in 1977 at 24-years-old, Peter Shack was the youngest MP in […]
Dry Profile: John Hyde
“…lags are long and another generation’s fortunes turn upon what we do now.” As Bert Kelly was nearing the end of his parliamentary career, a young, one-armed farmer from Western Australia joined […]
Inspiring the Dries: Bert Kelly
The Modest Member In a previous article in this series, I recalled the simple argument that the dries made and highlighted that it had a long history in Australian politics: “Markets are […]
When the dries came together
The Liberal counter-establishment Australians are taught in school all about the dismissal of the Whitlam government on 11 November 1975, but they miss out on learning about how a group […]
Trying old ideas (again)
“Markets are rarely perfect, but neither are government interventions.” Just because an idea is old, tried, proven, and true, it does not mean that it will take hold. The time […]
How long can we cruise?
Australia is like a cyclist who has stopped peddling. We have been travelling for some time, not under our own steam, but with the momentum of the past and the […]