money and banking

A Run on the Banks

Commentary · IPA Review · 12 December 2025
Age of currency disruption is here

Commentary · Australian Financial Review · 10 February 2020 · with Jason Potts and Sinclair Davidson
The South Australian Major Bank Levy: Arbitrary, unjustified, and harmful for South Australia and the rest of the country

Submissions and reports · Berg, C. and Davidson, S. (2017) · Institute of Public Affairs
State Government bank levy makes South Australia riskiest place for investment in Australia

Commentary · The Advertiser · 3 July 2017 · with Sinclair Davidson
Safety and Soundness: An economic history of prudential bank regulation in Australia, 1893-2008

Thesis · Berg, C. (2016) · PhD thesis, RMIT University
The Campbell Committee and the origins of ‘deregulation’ in Australia

Journal articles · Berg, C. (2016) · Australian Journal of Political Science 51(4): 711–726
Why Anti-Bank Populism Is A Fundamental Part Of Australia’s Political Culture

Commentary · ABC The Drum · 20 April 2016
Kevin Rudd guaranteed bank deposits and gave us something we already had

Commentary · The Conversation · 29 January 2016
The Curtin–Chifley Origins of the Australian Bank Deposit Guarantee

Journal articles · Berg, C. (2015) · Agenda – A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform 22(1)
Why Politicians Ride The Wave Of Anti-Bank Populism

Commentary · ABC The Drum · 25 November 2015