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Hartcher Peter |
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The sweet spot : how Australia made its own luck- and could now throw it all away / / Peter Hartcher |
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Collingwood, VIC : , : Black Inc., , 2011 |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (322 p.) |
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Electronic books. |
Australia Politics and government |
Australia History |
Australia Social policy |
Australia Economic policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front cover; Copyright; Title page; Contents; Dedication; The Sweet Spot; 1. Gold; 2. Success and failure; 3. Ashes and ore; 4. Come the revolution?; 5. Low-fat country; 6. Destined to fail; 7. Would you like some rights with your flogging?; 8. The racket; 9. The heavy armour; 10. I dare you; 11. On our own; 12. I expect you to die; 13. The third phase; 14. Free-market Hong Kong or socialist France?; 15. Supermodel kryptonite; 16. How to blow it; 17. Why the world needs a new model; Acknowledgments |
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New updated editionThis book will change the way you think about your country...Australians now officially have the best living conditions in the world. Our country is both fair and free - and the only developed nation to have avoided a recession in the past twenty years. So how did it happen and why don't we care?In The Sweet Spot Peter Hartcher takes readers on a vastly entertaining and thought-provoking tour through Australian politics and history. He shows how a convict colony could have become a banana republic but didn't, how Australia came through the global financial crisis - it wasn't j |
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