New book · 28 October 2026
Artificial Intelligence: A Classical Liberal Approach
Free markets and liberal institutions for a world of abundant intelligence.
Chris Berg’s show on Ticker · Latest episode
Why Australia’s productivity problem won’t be solved by AI alone
Richard Holden of UNSW on Australia’s productivity slump, the Albanese government’s bet on AI, and the red tape holding back investment.
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Scholarly outputs are the final goods of a heterogeneous, multi-stage, temporally extended production process. Austrian capital theory provides a way to analyse how artificial intelligence changes that process.…
Dynamic Capabilities and the Knowledge Problem of Ex Ante Platform RegulationAllen, D.W.E. and Berg, C. (2026) · Working paper, SSRNGeneral-purpose Computing Causes Regulatory Object InstabilityBerg, C. (2026) · Working paper, SSRNThe Economics of Blockchain Shared SecurityAllen, D.W.E., Berg, C. and Davidson, S. (2026) · in Cryptoeconomic Theory, World Scientific, pp. 35–51All research →Policy
Australian policymakers want artificial-intelligence sovereignty, data sovereignty and domestic compute capacity. These goals require data centres. Treating data centres as a novel feature of the AI industry invites…
Productivity in a Time of Rapid Technological ChangeBerg, C. and Allen, D.W.E. (2026) · Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Productivity in AustraliaPayments and Competition in a Digital EconomyBerg, C. and Allen, D.W.E. (2026) · Submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Schemes, Digital Wallets and Innovation in the Payments SectorRegulatory sandboxes fail because they get the default rule wrongBerg, C. and Allen, D.W.E. (2026) · Submission to the Independent Review of the Enhanced Regulatory SandboxAll submissions and evidence →Commentary
A review of Battle of the Banks: How ad men, barristers and bankers ended Ben Chifley’s boldest plan by Bob Crawshaw (Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2025, 242pp). What was…
Changes to auctions are just selling everyone shortHerald Sun · November 2025 · with Peyman KhezrThe RBA is why your credit card surcharge fees are so highAustralian Financial Review · November 2025 · with Julian MorrisThe Minns AI disasterSpectator Australia · August 2025All commentary →Media
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