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January 30, 2006
The Centre for Independent Study
This morning I met with Peter Saunder and Helen Hughes at The Centre for Independent Study. CIS is a leading think tank in Australia. Professor Saunders heads their Social Foundations program, while Professor Hughes is a senior economic fellow.
They loaded me up with books and pamphlets CIS has published. These will keep me busy on the flight to Bangkok and get me up-to-date on several issues within the Australian economy. We talked for about two hours with themes including free-trade, skilled and unskilled immigration, welfare, and much more. It was a lively discussion where there was some debate over issues like compulsory voting and immigration were everyone did not see eye-to-eye. Also, talking with Helen Hughes reminded me a good deal of talking with Milton Friedman when I had dinner with him a year and a half ago. Both are sharp, direct, and get right to the point.
Overall it was very productive for me and once I go through some more of the reading material I'll post on some of the topics discussed. In the meantime check out their website here: http://www.cis.org.au/
I spent a good part of the afternoon getting my notes into the computer and then the three of us headed out to a sushi place and had our farewell dinner to Sydney. Stacey leaves tomorrow for Adelaide in the south. Hard to believe but tomorrow night we'll be in Bangkok.
Posted by Peter Mork at January 30, 2006 11:02 PM
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