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Books February 24, 2018
The Growth Delusion
Of all the “fun facts” in David Pilling’s engaging book on the multiple failures of neoliberal economics, this is the most revealing. Back in the late 1980s, after Thatcherism had had almost a decade to work its tax-cutting, deregulatory charms …
Books November 25, 2017
Wednesdays with Bob
So much has been written about Bob Hawke – Labor’s longest-serving prime minister, women fawning in his presence, blokes awed by his sporting and drinking prowess – you might wonder what more there is to know about him. But just a couple of pages …
Books December 16, 2017
Curing Affluenza
Picture two rooms, both in the inner city, both groaning with stuff. One is lined with shelves sagging under the weight of books and CDs. There are paintings, sketches, engravings and photographs, none of them particularly valuable but all, one way or …
Books July 08, 2017
The Long Goodbye: Coal, Coral and Australia’s Climate Deadlock
What price coal? What is our mania for mining costing the Great Barrier Reef? Or our fertile agricultural lands? Or our economy? Or rural and regional communities? Even our political integrity? Few questions escape the scrutiny of Anna Krien in her Quarterly …
