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Record Nr.

UNINA9910897700703321

Autore

Quiggin John

Titolo

After Neoliberalism

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

9781760466527

1760466522

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 pages)

Collana

Global Thinkers Series

Soggetti

Neoliberalism

Economic policy

Australia Economic policy

Australia Economic conditions 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

List of tables --   Table 1.1 Relative GDP per capita (USA=100)  --   Table 1.2 OECD per capita GDP levels (in 1975 $US) and rankings --   Table 1.3 Projections of GDP (1981) --   Table 1.4 Masculinity ratios 1870–1930 --   Table 5.1 Effective rates of protection (%) 1971–91 --   Table 5.2 Estimates of welfare cost of protection (% of GDP) -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. White trash of Asia? -- 2. The evolution of neoliberalism -- 3. Neoliberalism in Australia -- 4. Privatisation and nationalisation in the 21st century -- 5. Looking back on micro‑economic reform: a sceptical viewpoint -- 6. What have we learned from the Global Financial Crisis? -- 7. The lost golden age of productivity growth? -- 8. Financial markets: masters or servants? -- 9. Basic or universal? Pathways for a universal basic income -- 10. The case for a four-day standard working week -- Afterword -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since the early 1980s, Australian economic policy has been dominated by the ideology of neoliberalism (also known as 'economic rationalism'), including policies of privatisation, financial deregulation and micro-economic reform.