A Defense of Economic Rationalism Book

	Tables and figures
	Acknowledgements
	Contributors
	Introduction
1	Condemning the cure: The recession and economic rationalism	3
2	The demise of protectionism	13
3	Can the twain meet? Economic rationalism and labour market reform	21
4	An appraisal of financial deregulation	29
5	A tenth order issue? The case for rational tax reform	39
6	Keeping New South Wales a Triple-A state	51
7	Privatisation	62
	Key owner needs and the electricity industry	63
	The port task	68
	Privatising telecommunications: the next step	73
8	Economic rationalism and Australian business	78
	Mining	79
	Agriculture	84
	Manufacturing	88
9	The critics of economic rationalism	95
10	New ways to kill the goose: sectoral clashes after protectionism	104
11	The Liberal Party and economic rationalism	113
12	Labor and economic rationalism	121
13	Scapegoating and moral panic: political reality and public policy versus anti-rationalism	132
14	Thoughts on the conservative discontent	143
15	Democracy, markets and Australian schools	151
16	Markets and morality	160
17	The churches and economic rationalism	168
	Notes	176
	Index	190