The Longest Decade
A Nonfiction, Politics, Australia book. Genuine change, in the national interest, comes about only when...
In the 1990s, Paul Keating and John Howard altered Australia's predictable economic script of bust, boom, and bust. This insider's look at Australian politics suggests that, despite their competing visions for Australia, Keating and Howard are the twin architects of the political, economic, and social revolution that has brought Australia to an era of unprecedented affluence. Not only is this the story of...
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The boom has not secured social cohesion. Instead, it has encouraged a mass outbreak of social climbing. Deregulation has taught Australians to see their self-worth through bricks-and-mortar and the size of the bribe they can extract from government. Avarice is the new black, and the political system has sanctified it with the term aspirational voting. George Megalogenis, The Longest Decade: revised and expanded edition // Ever wonder why voters never thank governments for giving them tax cuts? Because its their money, and it doesnt buy what it used to. George Megalogenis, The Longest Decade: revised and expanded edition // Genuine change, in the national interest, comes about only when a government forces its rusted-on supporters to give something up as the coalition did on guns, and Labor did on protection. George Megalogenis, The Longest Decade: revised and expanded edition //
A good history of the economic side of the Keating and Howard years; we tend to see Keating and Howard as polar opposites, but as far as economics goes, they were more or less on the same page - both were neoclassicists who felt that deregulation of the economy was necessary for it to compete, with some differences in emphasis (WorkChoices,... An interesting review of personalities and policies in Australian politics centring around the relationship between John Howard and Paul Keating. The direct quotes of each at the end of the book, about themselves and each other are quite telling in themselves.But we should never forget how these are in fact reflections of our own attitudes,... The Longest Decade by George Megalogenis Reviewed by Stephen JollyMurdoch stable journalist and author, George Megalogenis, has written a very useful history of Australian federal politics in the 1990s. Its title ?The Longest Decade? refers to the long but uneven 1990s economic upturn that has continued deep into this decade. While...
