Chris Berg: Markets, liberty and technology

Topic

World politics and foreign policy

Politics outside Australia and foreign policy: US politics, China and Hong Kong, Europe, war and military intervention.

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US politicsGovernment and bureaucracyTrade and foreign investmentConstitution and the rule of lawInternet and telecommunicationsLiberalism and libertarianismMoney and bankingBudgets and government spending

Research 1

“The Biggest Giveaway in the History of the Nation”: A Legislative History of the 1962 Communications Satellite ActBerg, C. (2004) · BA (Honours) thesis, University of Melbourne

Media 25

U.S. retaliation over Australia’s news bargaining lawTicker · 3 May 2026Pentagon clashes with Anthropic over AI safeguards amid Iran conflictTicker · 1 March 2026Supreme Court tariffs and Albanese approval drop: What you need to knowTicker · 19 January 2026Trump and Albanese sign rare-earth deal: What it means for U.S.-Australia relationsTicker · 14 December 2025World responds to Trump’s extreme steel tariffsTicker · 2 June 2025Thanks Ron, Great Party!The Looking Forward Podcast · 10 December 2020The Reckoning of Our Afghan WarThe Looking Forward Podcast · 26 November 2020Just Another High Vis ElectionThe Looking Forward Podcast · 12 November 2020

Commentary 73

Donald Trump is right. Australia has been free-riding on US techAustralian Financial Review · 25 Feb 2025Time to reject Trump’s legacy and to back free trade and immigrationThe Age · 9 Nov 2020Age of currency disruption is hereAustralian Financial Review · 10 Feb 2020Australia isn’t immune to the Brexit debateABC The Drum · 14 Jun 2016There’s Little To Stop Trump Wreaking Havoc As PresidentABC The Drum · 8 Mar 2016Donald Trump Is Not A Conservative – Just Look At His Views On TradeABC The Drum · 18 Jan 2016Poorest Members Of Trans-Pacific Partnership To Benefit MostABC The Drum · 17 Jan 2016Lego Can Avoid Ai Weiwei, But It Can’t Avoid PoliticsABC The Drum · 27 Oct 2015Free speech lost in translationIPA Review · 1 Sep 2015The TPP Isn’t The Bogey-Treaty That We Think It IsABC The Drum · 16 Jun 2015Why Should We Join Another Development Bank?ABC The Drum · 31 Mar 2015Islamic State Is Destroying Ideas, Not Just ArtefactsABC The Drum · 10 Mar 2015The WHO Has Failed The Ebola DisasterABC The Drum · 21 Oct 2014Can We Really Afford To Go To War?ABC The Drum · 7 Oct 2014Will We Kill Civilians In An Effort To Save Them?ABC The Drum · 16 Sep 2014True Economic Liberty Means More Open BordersABC The Drum · 17 Jun 2014Another G20 Deal For Everyone To IgnoreABC The Drum · 25 Feb 2014PM’s ABC Critique Masks Deeper Security DebateABC The Drum · 4 Feb 2014The Olympics: A Tool For Autocrats Since 1936ABC The Drum · 28 Jan 2014Accountability Goes Missing In Iraq Bank Note ScandalABC The Drum · 8 Oct 2013
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Secrets And Fears Of A Paranoid GovernmentABC The Drum · 25 Jul 2013US Surveillance Scandal Just The Tip Of The IcebergThe Sunday Age · 16 Jun 2013Iraq Stands As A Warning Against Foreign InterventionABC The Drum · 16 Apr 2013Beware Elite Technocrats And Their Open Disdain For DemocracyThe Sunday Age · 24 Mar 2013Tea Party Paul’s Stand For Civil LibertiesABC The Drum · 12 Mar 2013Lincoln Sheds Little Light On Some Of History’s Dark DeedsThe Sunday Age · 10 Feb 2013This Doomsday Endgame Could Last A Long TimeThe Sunday Age · 27 Jan 2013America Fell Off The Fiscal Cliff A Long Time Ago. Now It’s All About The LandingThe Sunday Age · 13 Jan 2013Videogame Blame Distracts From The Real Gun DebateABC The Drum · 27 Dec 2012What’s The Crisis In The Cuban Missile Crisis?ABC The Drum · 16 Oct 2012Rebels Without A Cause Indulge In Delusions Of RevolutionThe Sunday Age · 10 Oct 2012We Do Not Need An Internet OverlordABC The Drum · 9 Oct 2012The Legacy And Abuse Of Ayn RandABC The Drum · 21 Aug 2012Confused NASA’s Role Lost In SpaceThe Sunday Age · 19 Aug 2012A Proud Nation Should Not Be Bashful Of Its PastThe Sunday Age · 12 Aug 2012Another year, another failed climate summitABC The Drum · 26 Jun 2012Obama Beats Bush In Assault On Civil RightsThe Sydney Morning Herald · 27 May 2012Sport As Propaganda: Bahrain’s Vile Grand PrixABC The Drum · 18 Apr 2012Repeat After Me: All Tyranny Is Evil And WrongThe Sunday Age · 15 Jan 2012And You, Sir, Are No LibertarianABC The Drum · 3 Jan 2012The ‘Right’ Morally Culpable For Breivik’s Actions, Really?ABC The Drum · 7 Dec 2011Yes We Can… With Exceptions, Qualifications And RequirementsABC The Drum · 23 Nov 2011Idealism Turns Us On, But Reality BitesThe Sunday Age · 23 Oct 2011Inside Dirt On Clean Energy Schemes: They Don’t WorkThe Sunday Age · 25 Sep 2011Europe’s Doomed EuroABC The Drum · 24 Aug 2011Conservatives Court The Same-Sex Marriage LobbyABC The Drum · 30 Jun 2011New Republicans Swap Their Neo-Cons For DovesABC The Drum · 23 Jun 2011Free Economies Will Choose Money Over The GunThe Sunday Age · 29 May 2011Learning From Public Policy Mistakes Of The GFCABC The Drum · 12 Apr 2011Selling Out The KoranThe Sunday Age · 6 Mar 2011Striving For Political And Economic FreedomABC The Drum · 15 Feb 2011The Weight Of The WordThe Sunday Age · 12 Dec 2010Overreaction To Terrorism The Big ThreatThe Sydney Morning Herald · 11 Dec 2010WikiLeaks and the virtue of transparencyABC The Drum · 30 Nov 2010The Expansion Of Presidential PowerABC The Drum · 6 Oct 2010Carbon Price Makes No Policy SenseABC The Drum · 29 Sep 2010Tea Party conservatives are brewing up a stormThe Sydney Morning Herald · 18 Sep 2010The dichotomy of WikileaksABC The Drum · 3 Aug 2010The Great DisappointmentABC The Drum · 6 Jul 2010Capping tradeABC The Drum · 8 Jun 2010The ‘divine violence’ of Slavoj ZizekIPA Review · 1 Jun 2010Should terror suspects be protected by politics?ABC The Drum · 11 May 2010Green Tea PartyABC The Drum · 13 Apr 2010What Do Haitians Need Most? To Get Away From HaitiThe Sunday Age · 24 Jan 2010Big Government: A Love StoryCrikey · 4 Nov 2009Climate Trumping Needs Of The PoorThe Sydney Morning Herald · 29 Sep 200920 Years On: Western liberty and Soviet tyrannyIPA Review · 1 Jan 2009Politics, not sport, is the purpose of the Olympic GamesIPA Review · 1 Jul 2008IPA Review Editorial, May 2008IPA Review · 1 May 2008The Patriot GamesThe Sunday Age · 20 Apr 2008The Net Is Anarchy: Keep It That WayThe Age · 24 Oct 2007Libertarian ascendancyIPA Review · 1 Jul 2007Halters On Google For NowAustralian Financial Review · 9 Feb 2006