by John Merson | Jun 17, 2004 | Papers
The US pharmaceutical industry’s trade ‘breakthrough’Why does US trade representative Bob Zoellick believe the free trade deal with Australia is a ‘breakthrough’ for the US pharmaceutical industry?In trying to understand the trade-offs...
by John Quiggin | Jun 17, 2004 | Papers
The US-Australia free trade agreementThe main points of this submission are:1. The most important distortions of agricultural trade practised by the US are unaffected by the FTA and are, in effect, endorsed by Australia’s signature to the agreement.2. Considered...
by Shadia B. Drury | Sep 29, 2003 | Papers
Leo Strauss and the neoconservativesThere is a growing awareness that a reclusive German American philosopher is the inspiration behind the reigning neoconservative ideology of the Republican Party. Leo Strauss has long been a cult figure within the North American...
by Raelene Frances | Sep 29, 2003 | Papers
Prostitution and the making of Australian SocietyI would like to begin this evening’s lecture by introducing you to a sex worker. Her name is ‘Joy’. For eighteen months in 1995-6, her larger-than-life figure leant against a red door-frame on the...
by John Langmore | Sep 29, 2003 | Papers
Where are we now? Where are we headed?It is timely to review the trade and labour debate, for there has been an extension of our experience in both areas in recent years that suggests the possibility of the evolution of positions.One significant step has been the...
by Abbott Gleason | Sep 29, 2003 | Papers
A turning point for the US?The United States is at a turning point in its history. Some intellectuals and journalists have compared the destruction of Saddam Hussein with the fall of the Berlin Wall or even the collapse of the Soviet Union. Others – looking to...
