Per Capita Tax Survey Over 1,000 Australians have participated in our Tax Survey, telling us they want a more progressive tax system, and believe that a budget deficit is the best way to help the economy through a downturn  |  | Income and Tax Evaluator How does your income compare to the rest of Australia? What average tax rate do you pay? Take a look, and you may be surprised by the answers  |  | Heads, You Die: Bad Decisions, Choice Architecture, and How To Mitigate Predictable Irrationality Predictably irrational behaviour shapes our society and economy. This paper develops tools for policymakers to address poor decision-making and harness irrationality for outcomes in health, business, education, and sustainability.  |  |
|  | Productivity, tax and interest rates, Life Matters, Radio National, 1 February 2010 Wayne Swan releases the third intergenerational report, the Reserve bank seems set to increase interest rates and this month we will see the Henry Tax Review. David Hetherington and Oliver Hartwich discuss the new year's economic issues  |  | Aussies favour more tax on rich: survey, The Age, 22 January 2010 High-income earners should pay more tax and those less well off are paying too much, a survey by the think tank Per Capita shows.  |  | Conservative shift likely to spook the electorate, The Australian, 9 December 2009 Progressives believe in progress: that change is inevitable, is healthy and can be positively influenced by social and political action. Conservatives' principal aim is to conserve; they hold that the social and economic status quo should be maintained  |  |
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