The Australian Moment
A History, Cultural, Australia book. Fantastic stuff.
There's no better place to be during economic turbulence than Australia. Brilliant in a bust, we've learnt to use our brains in a boom. Despite a lingering inability to acknowledge our achievements at home, the rest of the world asks: how did we get it right?George Megalogenis, one of our most respected political and economic writers, reviews the key events since the 1970s that have forged institutional and political leadership and a canny populace. He examines how we developed from a closed economy racked by the oil shocks,...
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- Pages: 400 pages
- ISBN: 9780670075218 / 670075213
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This was enjoyable but I thought the focus on the economic issues facing Australia and the Prime Minister of the time was a bit narrow. Megalogenis certainly went through the last 40 years of Australian political history and the associated economic conditions with a clear and non-biased documentary. It seems we are the lucky country... Great overarching analysis of the major political and economic events/themes in Australia since the 1970s, which provides an explanation as to why Australia over the past quarter-century has been able to overcome many economic hurdles while much of the world has crashed. Fantastic stuff.
