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Articles This page provides also links to various articles by Dr Perkins on economics, humanism and rationalism. Some articles have been published elsewhere, in which case an appropriate citation can be found at the end of each article. Otherwise, they may be cited as Economic Communications, Occasional Papers. They are ordered here chronologically, but classified by subject. "In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" -  George Orwell Religion, morality, welfare and humanism The immorality of religion. Australian Humanist, No.66, Winter 2002 The economic cost of religion. Australian Humanist, No.68, Summer 2002 Economics and humanism. Australian Humanist, No.69, Autumn 2003. Humanism and morality. Australian Humanist, No.69, Autumn 2003. Universal Statement of Moral Obligations. Book review: Atheism, Morality and Meaning, by Michael Martin. Australian Humanist, No.74, Winter 2004 The Great Fraud against Humanism. Australian Humanist, No 77, Autumn 2005 Peace Prosperity and Propriety: Is Religion Really Good?. The Australian Rationalist, No.71, Spring 2005 Modernisation, multiculturalism and fundamentalism. The Australian Rationalist, No.72, Summer 2005-2006 Creating a better Australia: reinventing secularism. Australian Humanist, No. 82, Autumn 2006. Should religions be tolerated?. Talk presented to the Atheist Society, Melbourne, 10 October 2006 The Need for Global Secularism. Australian Humanist, No. 85, Autumn 2007 The Need for Secular Multiculturalism. The Australian Atheist, No 2, March-April 2007. Atheism and Secularism . Talk presented to the Unitarian Church, Melbourne, 3 February 2008. Hear talk. The Relevance of Darwin Day. The Australian Atheist, No.9, May-June 2008, presented to the Atheist Society, Melbourne, 12 February 2008. Religious Instruction In Schools. Victorian Humanist, Vol 47 No. 4, May 2008 Supernatural Privileges. D!ssent, No. 27, Spring 2008. Review of The Purple Economy by Max Wallace Mass delusions and their consequences. Online Opinion, 4 November 2008 Taxes and subsidies: the cost of "advancing religion". Australian Humanist, No. 85, Autumn 2007 Cults, Religion and Counselling. The Skeptic, Vol 29, No. 3, September 2009 Faith is not a Virtue. Australian Humanist, No.97, Autumn 2010 Economics and the Rise of Secularism: Why Religion is the worst Idea Ever Invented . Lecture presented to the Atheist Society, Melbourne, 13 April 2010, published in Australian Rationalist, No.85, Autumn/Winter 2010 "Faith is believing what you know ain't so" -  Mark Twain Problems of Islam Prosperity and the rise and fall of Islam. Faithfreedom.org Article Islam and economic development. Faithfreedom.org Article Islamic economics and politics. Faithfreedom.org Article Islam and Arab Human Development. Free Inquiry Vol. 24 No. 3, April / May 2004 Freedom and the banning of Islam's scarf. Religion and vilification. D!ssent, No 17, Autumn/Winter 2005 Book review: Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali . The Australian Atheist, No. 3, May-June 2007 Hirsi Ali's Courage The Australian Rationalist, No. 80, June 2008 Islam’s origins - Muhammad’s military genius D!ssent, No.29, Autumn/Winter 2009. Review of Muhammad: Islam’s First Great General by Richard A Gabriel Rejection of Darwin and the Failure of Islam Australian Rationalist, No.84, Summer 2009. Talk presented to the Atheist Society, Melbourne, 10 February 2009 The Cost of Religious Delusion: Islam and terrorism Talk presented to the Global Atheist Convention, The Rise of Atheism, Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, 13 March 2010 Islam vs Atheism debate at the University of Western Sydney, 16 September 2010 Islam or Secular Liberalism: which is the way forward? debate at the La Trobe University, 12th April 2011  Watch video "Forecasting is hard, paricularly about the future" -  Anon. Energy & global warming The energy problem   (Reference) Global warming: The case for a coal tax   NIEIR Conference Paper, July 2007 Australia, Coal and Global Warming   (The Age, Business Day, 27 September 2007) A simple econometrician's guide to global warming   The Skeptic, Vol 28, No.4: Summer 2008   (http://tinyurl.com/57qa37) Australia's Coal Delusion   published as   Out with the coal, in with the flue,   The Age, Business Day, 11 September 2008 Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme - NIEIR Submission   Department of Climate Change, 10 September 2008 Energy Resource Depletion and Carbon Emissions: Global Projections to 2050  UN Project LINK, United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, 28 October 2009    (http://tinyurl.com/yd5wdf3) Resource depletion will reduce emissions  Energy Bulletin, December 25, 2009 Carbon dioxide emissions and atmospheric concentration Fear campaign on resources tax is a furphy    The Age, Opinion, 21 May 2010 Fossil Fuels and Climate Change.pdf    NIEIR Discussion Paper, February 2011 Domestic and Foreign Debt.pdf    UN Project LINK, New York, October 2011