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Publications

		Per Capita Tax Survey 2012 by David Hetherington Executive Summary Australians’ attitudes towards tax and public spending are getting tougher. Increasingly, we...
		Progressive summer reading list 2012 We've got some great progressive reading suggestions to keep you busy over summer. Our thanks to Ideas at Per Capita subscribers and the...
		What Price Stability? by David Hetherington Executive Summary Few subjects in the public debate are more emotive than banking. Bankers’ actions, pay and...
		Bridging the Divide by Daniel Mookhey Introduction The notion of a multitrack economy in Australia has become clichéd: ‘two-speed’, ‘patchwork’ – there’s...
		After the Party by David Hetherington & Dominic Prior Executive Summary In the first decade of the century, Australia struck it lucky. A voracious...
		Progressive summer reading list 2011 We've got some great progressive reading suggestions to keep you busy over summer. Our thanks to Ideas at Per Capita subscribers and the Per...
		Just Get Over It by Tim Soutphommasane Executive Summary This paper investigates the cost of living in Australia, an issue that has dominated recent...
		Per Capita Tax Survey 2011 by David Hetherington Executive Summary The Per Capita Tax Survey for 2011 has asked 1,300 Australians for their views on personal tax...
		Towards a Fair Go by David Hetherington Executive Summary This paper examines the barriers to the provision of adequate care and support to people with...
		Australia and the Great Recession 28 Jun 2011 28 June 2011 Few people with an interest in economics will soon forget the extraordinary events of the global financial crisis (GFC) and...
		What Crisis? by Tim Soutphommasane In this paper, Tim Soutphommasane examines state of Australia’s quality of life, and finds that, despite concerns,...
		Energy Market Design & Australia's Low-Carbon Transition by Tom Foster and David Hetherington Executive Summary There is much debate of the long-term potential of energy technologies in...
		The Art of Great Speeches and Why We Remember Them By Dennis Glover, Fellow, Per Capita Per Capita fellow Dennis Glover has just released a new book *The Art of Great Speeches...*
		All That's Left: What Labor Should Stand For Edited by Tim Soutphommasane and Nick Dyrenfurth. After a tumultuous few months that have seen an election-winning prime minister replaced...
		Memo to a Progressive Prime Minister: Leadership for the Long-term Introduction Dear Prime Minister, Congratulations. With the election now resolved, you will be forgiven for drawing breath and surveying...
		Fostering Collaboration in the Non-Profit Sector: A background paper David Hetherington At a workshop in late 2008, around 30 representatives from the non-profit sector came together to discuss social...
		What's the story? Nation-building narratives in climate politics by David Hetherington and Tim Soutphommasane, Per Capita Executive Summary Climate change politics in Australia has been defined by...
		Promoting Good Choices: Patterns of Habit and the Role of Government by Jack Fuller, Project Leader, Per Capita Executive Summary “Promoting good choices” first brings to mind government advertising:...
		Per Capita Tax Survey by Katherine Gregory and David Hetherington Executive Summary This report presents the results of a Survey undertaken by Per Capita on...
		The Philosophy of Tax: Paper one by Katherine Gregory, Project Leader, Per Capita Executive Summary Tax has many associations. It has long been viewed with fatal...
		Heads, You Die: Bad Decisions, Choice Architecture, and How To Mitigate Predictable Irrationality by Jack Fuller, Project Leader, Per Capita Executive Summary Modern societies are organised around the assumption that people are...
		Employee Share Ownership and the Progressive Economic Agenda by David Hetherington, Executive Director, Per Capita Executive Summary The expansion of share ownership amongst employees advances a...
		Reimagining the Australian Settlement Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I’d like to thank Paul and the RSA for inviting me tonight to share some thoughts with you under the banner of...
		Case Studies in Social Innovation by David Hetherington, Executive Director, Per Capita Executive Summary The employment services sector in Australia is at a critical...
		A better design of the market for vocational education and training in Australia? by Michael Cooney, Policy Director, Per Capita Executive Summary This paper argues that the case for reforming vocational education...
		The Full-Cost Economics of Climate Change: An Aluminium Case Study by David Hetherington, Executive Director, Per Capita Executive Summary This report applies a full-cost economics approach to climate...
		Unlocking the Value of a Job: Market Design in Employment Services by David Hetherington, Executive Director, Per Capita Executive Summary The Federal Government’s Job Network is no longer...
		New Progressive Agendas in the World of Work This month, Per Capita releases two new papers by David Coats, Associate Director of the Work Foundation (www.workfoundation.org), exploring new...
		Memo to a Progressive Prime Minister Executive Summary Dear Prime Minister As a think tank dedicated to building a new progressive vision for Australia, we take the moment...
		Because Everybody Counts To: Progressive Australia From: Per Capita Subject: Real problems, new ideas, progressive solutions Sent: 18:30 11 April 2007 Australia...
		Per Capita Income and Tax Evaluator How does your income compare to the rest of Australia? What tax rate do you pay?
		Just Get Over It by Tim Soutphommasane Executive Summary This paper investigates the cost of living in Australia, an issue that has dominated recent...
		Per Capita Young Writers' Prize The inaugural Per Capita Young Writers' prize is now closed. Thank you to all those who entered the competition. The judging panel are...