Lucky Country?

Reinventing Australia

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Economic Conditions, Government, Public Policy
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Author: Ian Lowe ISBN: 9780702255465
Publisher: University of Queensland Press Publication: March 23, 2016
Imprint: University of Queensland Press Language: English
Author: Ian Lowe
ISBN: 9780702255465
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Publication: March 23, 2016
Imprint: University of Queensland Press
Language: English

Can we reinvent the Lucky Country? Fifty years ago author Donald Horne described Australia as 'a lucky country run by second-rate people', adding that our leaders are mostly unaware of events that surround them. The good fortune continued when our wide brown land proved to contain bountiful resources of saleable minerals, allowing successive generations of second-rate leaders to create an illusion of economic progress by liquidating those assets. But a crisis is approaching, driven by irresponsible encouragement of population growth rates typical of poor developing countries. In this polemic work, Ian Lowe will assess the state of Australia and whether we can retain our status of the Lucky Country.

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Can we reinvent the Lucky Country? Fifty years ago author Donald Horne described Australia as 'a lucky country run by second-rate people', adding that our leaders are mostly unaware of events that surround them. The good fortune continued when our wide brown land proved to contain bountiful resources of saleable minerals, allowing successive generations of second-rate leaders to create an illusion of economic progress by liquidating those assets. But a crisis is approaching, driven by irresponsible encouragement of population growth rates typical of poor developing countries. In this polemic work, Ian Lowe will assess the state of Australia and whether we can retain our status of the Lucky Country.

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