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The Centre for Policy Development is a public interest think tank dedicated to seeking out creative, viable ideas and innovative research to inject into Australia's policy debates.

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Upcoming Events

Miriam Lyons presents Oikonomia at the Queensland Economics Teachers Conference

CPD Executive Director Miriam Lyons will present 'Oikonomia: economics in the 21st century' at the Queensland Economics Teachers Conference on Saturday, March 7th 2009.


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Latest Publications

The CPD publishes research papers and proposals on a diverse range of policy challenges. Our work focuses on reimagining the public sphere and rebalancing the relationship between markets, government, society and the environment.

You can see a lot by just looking: Understanding human judgement in financial decision-making

In this paper CPD fellow Ian McAuley outlines the main implications of behavioural economics for financial decision-making, breaking down the myth that market participants are always rational decision-makers who act to maximise their own best interests.


More than one health insurer is too many: the case for a single insurer

In this paper, CPD fellow Ian McAuley explores the intrinsic limitations of Australia's current private health insurance system and explains how a single national health insurer can overcome them. McAuley argues that a single national insurer is more likely to be able to contain moral hazard, deliver public goods, and control price and utilisation to deliver equitable health care at lower costs.


Australia's Fiscal Straightjacket

In his new discussion paper for the Centre for Policy Development, Fred Argy demolishes eight myths underpinning what currently passes for "fiscal conservatism" in Australia. The view that neither taxes nor public debt levels should ever increase is lazy and timid policy, not good governance, writes Argy.



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