The John Hyde Archives
Historic archive of articles and newspaper columns written by former Australian politician John Hyde OAM.
1985
Foreign Investment
- When Governments meddle with commerce, it is to grant an unequal privilege over established vested interests.
Of Statesmanship and Architecture
- When politicians do not accept that there are constraints to their art, the state they built will be plagued by unemployment, inflation, poor economic growth, petty government tyranny and small country status overseas.
Universities
- Intellectual capital, primarily benefits whoever owns it like physical capital. It should be purchased even though it is not transferrable.
- "Free" education unfairly taxes the poor who rarely enjoy the benefits of it.
Restructuring the High Cost Industries
Industrial Relations Economics
- Restructuring means releasing resources from high cost activities to invest in low cost activities.
Keep the Czar far away from us.
Individual Rights Law Politics
- Liberty is freedom from the only legal organisation that is permitted to use force (The government)
Privatising
- Privatisation brings a greater portion of total capital stock under public control.
- Managers can no longer expect the public to underwrite inefficiency.
Missing out on devaluation
- Full indexation of the Australian dollar at this time of declining economic fortune would be disastrous.
Asian Shipping
- Australia's shipping industry is to be handmaiden to trade and the industry's over-tonnage will burden either the ship owners or shippers.
On the right to strike
Industrial Relations Monopoly Law
- There is a misuse of legal power to create monopolies.
Housing Policy
- Housing policies favour owners against renters. There is a considerable tax advantage to owning a home versus renting one.
Farm Costs
Protectionism Taxation Cronyism
- The National Farmers Federation (NFF) wants to the government to have relief for its members but it must be prepared to get the heavily protected dairy, tobacco and sugar industry off the backs of the taxpayers.
How much for the Poor
- A better case for subsidies for the poor is to rest on utility.
- There is no solution for the issue of moral hazard.
The Tax Summit
- The current tax system is inequitable. The best tax mechanisms should mirror government expenses.
Sir Joh's Industrial Laws
Industrial Relations Individual Rights
- There should be a recognised freedom of employment in society.
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.