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page for Ian McAuley  Ian McAuley's research and teaching interests are in
the fields of public sector management and public policy.
He has qualifications in
engineering (BE) and management (Dip Bus Mgt) from the University of Adelaide and public
administration (MPA) from the John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
His E-mail is "ian"
and the server is at "ianmcauley.com". And they have to be connected, or
course, by an "@" sign. (Forgive the complex means; it's protection against
web crawlers.)
Recent publications,
conference papers
(Which publishers have
placed on websites or have given approval for reproducing.)
Towards more consistent decision making – a review of Daniel Kahneman’s Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgement, Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems (BESS), Vol 4, no 1, 2022.
Good government: What it does, why we need it and why small government doesn't work paper to accompany policy discussion at Balmain Institute, with Miriam Lyons, 10 March 2022
Rolling out the barrel – an analysis of corruption in discretionary spending prrograms, in Inside Story, 16 July 2021
Nordic light on Australia's future – Review of The Nordic edge: policy possibilities for Australiae, in Inside Story, 2 July 2021
Beyond apocalypse fatigue – Review of Per Espen Stoknes Tomorrow’s Economy: A Guide to Creating Healthy Green Growth, in Inside Story, 9 March 2021
Leadership, Not Leaders: Reflections on Ronald Heifetz's Theory of Adaptive Leadership, Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems (BESS), Vol 2, no 1, 2021
A brief summary of a long work – Piketty’s Capital and Ideology, in Club Tropo, 10 January 2021
'How change happens': a policy maker's guidebook, Journal of Behavioural Economics and Social Systems (BESS), Vol 1, no 1, 2021
How Covid-19 is reshaping the way we see healthcare, Inside Story, 4 May 2020
In defence of Bridget McKenzie in Inside Story, 30 January 2020
The unbearable weirdness of health care, prepared for Australian Health
Care Alliance Summit 27 March 2018
Doing without
private health insurance, republished from
Consumers' Health Forum
Health Voices Issue 20 April 2017
Brexit,
Trump and The Lucky Country, prepared
for John Menadue's
Pearls and Irritations January 2017
A thing or two we
learned from public servants in a management course , with Helen
Coventry, 2017.
Private health insurance and public policy prepared for 2016
Health Insurance Summit July 2016
(With Jennifer Doggett)
Submission on government
private health insurance consultations, December 2015
(With Jennifer Doggett and John Menadue
No wonder we’re wasting money in health care – we got the incentives wrong
– paper for the Centre for Policy
Development October 2015
Governomics: Can we afford small government?
ABC broadcast on Big Ideas at book launch, 30 June 2015, with
Miriam Lyons.
Fair
taxation: an Australian persepective prepared for Symposium
"Action to address health equity: ways to create a sustainable revenue base"
Flinders Univerity April 2015
Protecting capitalism from itself published in
Dissent #45 Fall
2014
(With Jennifer Doggett and John Menadue)
The cae for public
revenue Submisison to the Select Committee into the Abbott Government’s
Commission of Audit January 2014
Behavioural
Economics and Public Policy: Some Insights International
Journal of Behavioural Accountingand Finance Volume 4 #1 2013
Manufacturing and its place in the value chain published in
Dissent #43 Summer
2013-14.
Taxes - our payment for civilization Paper to accompany
presentation to South Australia Council of Social Services AGM 25 November
2013
(With John Menadue}
Principles to Drive Policies and
Programs, or What does Labor stand for?
Superannuation: A magic pudding (2013 update of 2010 paper)
(With Jennifer Doggett)
A new approach to
health funding published in
Dissent #42 Soring
2013
An unhealthy
subsidy (subsidies to private health insurance) published in the
Canberra Times
Inside Story supplement 25 June 2013.
Illness
v wellness models of health care published in
Dissent #40 Summer
2012-13
Where we are now - the state of politics in
Australia published in
Dissent
#39 Spring 2012
Rates to triple? - an
analysis of ACT tax changes for the Canberra Times.
There is a spreadsheet
with supporting calculations.,
October 2012.
A stake in the community published in
Dissent
#38 Autumn/Winter 2012
The Australian
economy: Will our prosperity be short-lived? -- published by
The
Australian Collaboration March 2012.
(With John Menadue)
Private health insurance: high
in cost, low in equity Centre
for Policy Development January 2012.
What are we complaining
about: an analysis of cost of living pressures Centre
for Policy Development Occasional Paper 15, December 2011.
The health reform landscape
Paper
to accompany presentation to
Sydney Health Policy
Network Conference "Mind over money: reforming national health funding
and its implications for mental health" November 2011.
The price of civilization published in
Dissent
#35 Autumn/Winter 2011
Superannuation: Our magic
pudding Paper to accompany presentation to "Superannuation: The past,
present and future" Conference University of Sydney October 2010 and
accompanying
Superannuation model
–
Excel model to model superannuation public policy.
The Australian Economy Brief for
The Australian
Collaboration October 2010.
Living off our Resources Chapter for
More than Luck
Center for Policy Development
publication November 2010.
When does behavioural economics really matter?
–
paper to accompany presentation to the behavioural economics stream at the
Australian Economic
Forum, August 2010.
The
Commonwealth’s health care initiative: is it really reform? – paper to
accompany Crawford Policy
Forum, July 2010.
Taxing the miners' uncommonly
large profit published in
Dissent
#33 Spring 2010 and accompanying
Excel workbook modelling resource taxes.
Who's that tugging at our skirts?
published in Dissent
#32 Autumn/Winter 2010
Health care - a weird industry Paper to
accompany presentation to Health Care World Conference April 2010
Health care in Australia: missed opportunities
for reform Paper for presentation to
Korea Development Institute
February 2010
Medicare Select – Another layer of bureaucracy in health care?
Paper to
accompany presentation to National Health Care Reform Conference,
November/December 2009
Unmuddling
the health programs of successive governments Paper to accompany
presentation to Future of Medicare Forum, November 2009
Medicare Select: Entrenching inequality
in health care (with Peter Frank), October 2009, published by the
Center for Policy Development
Poverty
– an economic blight
Presentation to Port Phillip Community
Group forum, October 2009
A caller from Tusmore: Clarifying the issues in private health insurance published in
Dissent #29 Autumn/Winter 2009
The case for
restoring capital gains tax neutrality Paper for
Taxwatch 2009
The Bush – myths and reality
published in Dissent #29 Autumn/Winter 2009
Understanding human behavior in financial decisionmaking:
Some insights from behavioral economics Paper to accompany presentation to
National No Interest Loans Scheme Forum, June 2009
Fairness matters
Paper to accompany presentation to
ACOSS National
Conference, April 2009 A path to
recovery: A behavioral guide to managing the economic crisis Paper to
accompany address to the
Financial Counsellors’ Association of Queensland, March 2009
Carbon and consumers Presentation to
Public Interest Advocacy Center
February 2009 Health care:
Re-framing our thinking Paper for presentation at
Australian Health Care Reform
Alliance Conference March 2009
Recognizing knowledge capital in the private and public sectors
Briefing paper for the
Australian
Government Consultative Committee on Knowledge Capital
You can see a lot by just looking: Understanding human judgement in
financial decision-making Presentation to
Australian Bankers' Association July 2008, published by the
Center for Policy Development
More than one health insurer is too many
Presentation to Health Insurance Summit July 2008, published by the
Center for Policy Development
Superannuation policy: How to cope
between now and the nursing home Paper for policy seminar, ANU,
May 2008
Social work: Making a world of difference
Address for Social Work Day, ACT, April 2008
A matter of choice
ABC
Unleashed
March 2008
Australia's economy Fact sheet
for The Australian
Collaboration March 2008
The economics of competition and consumer policies Project for
OECD February 2008
The private
health insurance mess
ABC
Unleashed
February 2008
Enter left: Let's hope Rudd isn't a "Strong
Leader"
Center for Policy Development 2008
How the
bean-counters took over the campaign
Onlineopinion
November 2007
Climate Change - the art of re-perceiving
Address to Australian Nursing Federation National Conference October 2007
Federal election: The great tax cuts
swindle
Onlineopinion October 2007 -
Link to accompanying spreadsheet.
How sick is our health system?
Onlineopinion
October 2007
Reinterpreting
Australia's greatest prime minister Review for Public
Administration Today September 2007
Funding health care - a principled
approach
Center for Policy Development 2007
Roundtable on
Demand-side Economics for Consumer Policy: Second Summary Report Project
for OECD July 2007.
The housing story: the reality of interest rates
Center for Policy Development 2007
The Ideal of
Public Service Review for The Australian Journal of
Public Administration, vol. 66, no. 2,
pp. 248–259 2007
A health policy for Australia (With John
Menadue) Center for Policy
Development 2007
Productivity - a dead end Center
for Policy Development 2007
Behavioural economics and public policy: some insights Working paper -
comments welcome.
Australia's economy: Lucky country, unlucky leadership
Center for Policy Development 2007
Bedtime economics (review) Center
for Policy Development 2007
Paying for health care Center for
Policy Development 2007
Accountability - a poor substitute for
responsibility Paper for Independent
Scholars Association Conference October 2006, subsequently published in
Dissent #23 Autumn/Winter 2007
Broad ideas New
Matilda March 2007
Behaving ourselves in the marketplace Dissent
#22 Summer 2006/07
Austrians and Australian public ideas Center
for Policy Development 2006
How to run a country - into debt
Center for Policy Development 2006
A
civilized tax debate Center for
Policy Development 2006
A
budget for the lucky country
Center for Policy Development 2006
Superannuation - Clever politics, poor policy
Center for Policy Development 2006
Don't mention the economy Center
for Policy Development 2006
Citizenship and the Common Wealth
Address for Wattle Day, September
1, 2006, on behalf of
New Matilda.
Roundtable on
Demand-side Economics for Consumer Policy: First Summary Report Project
for OECD April 2006.
Orwell and the Australian Language
Dissent #19 Summer 2005/2006.
Whatever happened to microeconomic reform? Review of Joshua Gans and
Stephen King
Finishing the Job: Real-World Policy Solutions in Health, Housing,
Education and Transport
Australian
Review of Public Affairs 5 December 2005.
The shrinking public sphere (Review)
Public Administration Today
September-November 2005.
Australia's PBS:
the wrong looking glass - Consuming Interest
#105 Spring 2005.
The PBS Panic
- The consumer perspective Paper presented to the 3rd annual
"Future of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Conference" August 2005.
Private Health Insurance: Still Muddling Through
Agenda Vol 12, Number 2, 2005. Industry debate -
the contribution of the health fund rebate Paper presented to Private
Health Insurance Summit, June 2005.
Insiders and
outsiders
Dissent #17
Autumn/Winter 2005
Integrated health care begins with values Health Issues
Autumn 2005 # 82 (summary only on web)
Health Policy: A different perspective
Keynote presentation to SIDS and Stillbirth Symposium Adelaide 11 March
2005.
Money, politics and intrigue in Martin
Place (Review) Public Administration Today
September-November 2004.
(With Don Hindle)
The
effects of increased private health insurance: a review of the
evidence -
Australian Health Review
2004 #28 (1) 119-138.
Values in health policy: how a value-based
system can resolve public/private divisions - Paper for Manning
Clark House Conference "Reinvigorating Australia", 27 October 2004.
Competition reform - too much of a good thing? ABC Perspective
17 March 2004.
Taxes and the housing bubble -- how we ruined a
rational tax system Dissent #14
Autumn/Winter 2004. Good morning America, how are you?
Dissent #13 Summer 2003/04
Stress on public hospitals – why private insurance
has made it worse - Research project for the Australian Consumers'
Association and the Australian Healthcare Association, February 2004.
Flaws with funds - Consuming Interest #97,
Spring 2003. Medicare
- badly injured but resuscitation is possible - Paper delivered to Australian Nursing
Federation Delegates Conference, October 2003.
Australia's
deficits Dissent #12 Spring 2003.
Public debt:
another perspective,
Australian Review of Public Affairs June 2003. Funding
health care - taxes, insurance or markets? - Paper delivered to health insurance
summit June 2003.
Globalization
for all - reviving the spirit of Bretton Woods (PDF 1.1 MB) - research project and
paper for Consumers' International April 2003. Leading
questions (Review) Dissent #9 Spring 2002. Higher
education on a rough road - Research project for the Institution of Engineers on
higher education funding. Supermodels - a guide to public policy - Paper
for the tenth Annual Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers, University of New South
Wales 8-9 July 2002. Australia in
2042: here's where to send the nursing home bills - Consuming Interest #92,
Winter 2002.
Death is
inevitable, why aren't taxes? The Commonwealth's Integenerational Report,
Australian Review of Public
Affairs June 2002. Public investment in infrastructure - justified and
effective - Discussion paper prepared for and published by Institution of Engineers,
March 2002. (Word document, 2.3 MB) FAQ
Superannuation - Consuming Interest #91, Autumn 2002. Submission to
Prime Minister’s Home Ownership Task Force (For the
Australian Consumers' Association)
2002
Obsessed with
size - how finance has displaced economics in the 2001 election campaign,
Australian Review of Public
Affairs November 2001.
Superannuation
and the Public Purpose Dissent #7 Summer
2001/2002.
In
defence of economics - why public policy doesn't need the triple bottom line - Paper
to accompany National Institution for Governance Seminar on the Triple Bottom Line 7
November 2001. Restoring
Medicare Dissent #6 Spring 2001. The
power of associations - in it for the long haul - Paper presented to the Annual
Conference of the Australian Society of Association Executives, 25 May 2001.
Fiscal Guardians
- Review of Wanna et al Managing Public Expenditure in Australia.
Australian Review of Public
Affairs April 2001. Dumbing
down in Canberra - a guide to the public service reform industry - Part 2 Dissent #4 Summer 2000/2001. (With Stephen Leeder) The future of
Medicare and health service financing Medical Journal of Australia 2000 173
pp 48-51. Financial
dynamism or economic dynamism? - Paper delivered to National Conference of Australian
Nursing Home and Extended Care Association Conference, 20 November 2000. Re-thinking
social policy - Governments and the community - Paper for ACTCOSS Conference 19 June
2000. The
Australian economy - from Menzies to the millenium - Keynote address for the Annual
Conference of the Australian Society of Association Executives, 1 June 2000. Dumbing
down in Canberra - a guide to the public service reform industry - Part 1 Dissent #2 Autumn/Winter 2000.
Community service obligations - Briefing paper
for the Australian Consumers' Association 1994.
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