Reply to Lucy Sullivan on family taxation I thank Lucy Sullivan for her comments (January 27, 2018) on my piece, “Reality of family unit must underlie tax system” (News Weekly, Oct-ober 21, 2017). Reform to how the family is taxed is a vitally important issue, especially in the current period of wage stagnation and…
OUT OF THE ASHES: Rebuilding American Culture by Anthony Esolen Regnery Publishers, Washington DC Hardcover: 256 pages Price: AUD$47.99 Reviewed by Brian Coman Among classicists, Professor Anthony Esolen is well known for his acclaimed translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy. However, Esolen has also written many books dealing with the general Christian heritage of the West…
BULLY OF ASIA: Why China’s Dream Is the New Threat to World Order by Steven W. Mosher Regnery Publishing, Washington DC Hardcover: 256 pages Price: AUD$39.25 Reviewed by Jeffry Babb Steven Mosher sees China in the context of its history. China is the world’s oldest continuing civilisation. Over the 5,000 years that China has grown…
BETWEEN DEBT AND THE DEVIL: Money, Credit and Fixing Global Finance by Adair Turner Princeton UP, Princeton, New Jersey Paperback: 320 pages Price: AUD$39.99 Reviewed by Colin Teese Adair Turner has written what must be one of the most important commentary’s on the 2007–08 global financial crisis (GFC) yet to be published. Certainly, it ranks…
