The John Hyde Archives

Historic archive of articles and newspaper columns written by former Australian politician John Hyde OAM.

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The Motor Car Decision

🠘 The National Party and Consumption Taxes

Robe River Iron and The Common Law

Taxation  Protectionism  Cronyism 

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  • The purpose of any protection is to allow goods to be sold at a higher price and has the same purpose as a consumption tax.
  • The protectionism affects other industries as it makes them less competitive due to the other industries subsidising the particular industry.
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About

John Hyde OAM is a former Australian politician. He was elected as the member for the Division of Moore in Western Australia for the Liberal Party.

John Hyde OAM is the author of Dry: In Defence of Economic Freedom.

Sections

  1. Building Owners and Managers Association of Australia Limited (BOMA)
  2. On the Dry Side
  3. Speeches
  4. Sunday Independent
  5. The Rural Times

Year

  1. 1982
  2. 1983
  3. 1984
  4. 1985
  5. 1986
  6. 1987
  7. 1988
  8. 1989
  9. 1990
  10. 1991
  11. Unknown Year

Tags

  1. Budget 21
  2. Business 37
  3. Collectivism 3
  4. Competition 32
  5. Cronyism 28
  6. Currencies & Commodities 9
  7. Defence 4
  8. Economics 115
  9. Education 14
  10. Environment 12
  11. Fiscal Policy 27
  12. Foreign Aid 1
  13. Healthcare 6
  14. Immigration 7
  15. Individual Rights 30
  16. Industrial Relations 73
  17. Interest Rates 6
  18. Law 20
  19. Leadership 16
  20. Monetary Policy 15
  21. Monopoly 15
  22. Philosophy 13
  23. Politics 220
  24. Property Rights 9
  25. Protectionism 79
  26. Regulation 69
  27. Regulations 4
  28. Subsidies 15
  29. Superannuation 6
  30. Taxation 57
  31. Trade 30
  32. Welfare 26