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  • Dog Days

    Australia After the Boom

    door Ross Garnaut ...
    Serie Boek 3 - Redback
    A blueprint for the nation after the boom.Australians have just lived through a period of exceptional prosperity, but, says influential economist Ross Garnaut, the Dog Days are on their way. Are we ready for the challenges ahead?In Dog Days, Garnaut explains how we got here, what we can expect next and the tough choices we need to make to survive the new economic conditions. Are we clever enough – ... Meer lezen

    7,49 €

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  • The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely

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  • Battlers and Billionaires

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    Unpacking inequality in Australia by renowned economist and MP Andrew LeighIs Australia fair enough? And why does inequality matter anyway?From egalitarian beginnings, Australian inequality rose through the nineteenth century. Then we became more equal again, with inequality falling markedly from the 1920s to the 1970s. Now, inequality is returning to the heights of the 1820s. The housing and cost ... Meer lezen

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  • Faction Man

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  • The Luck of Politics

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  • The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future

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  • Stop at Nothing

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  • Downfall

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