02432nam 2200529 450 991046700560332120200520144314.01-925203-36-0(CKB)3790000000016989(EBL)2066647(MiAaPQ)EBC2066647(Au-PeEL)EBL2066647(CaPaEBR)ebr11199884(OCoLC)918279909(EXLCZ)99379000000001698920170109h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAn economy is not a society winners and losers in the new Australia /Dennis GloverCollingwood, Victoria :Redback,2015.©20151 online resource (164 p.)Redback SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-86395-747-2 Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Introduction: Dark Vision; Chapter 1: Places of the Heart; Chapter 2: The Suburb That Was Murdered; Chapter 3: Ground Zero; Chapter 4: The Lost Revolution; Chapter 5: History to the Defeated; Conclusion: To Really Care; Acknowledgments; Notes; Back CoverIn modern Australia, productivity is all that matters, our leaders tell us. Economic growth above all else. But is this really what we, the people, want? Does it make our lives and our communities better?If the high priests of economics want the credit for Australia's economic growth over the last three decades, they must also wear the blame for the social destruction that has accompanied it - the devastation of once prosperous industrial centres and the suburbs they sustained, as factories closed and workers were forced to abandon their trades. The social costs of this 'economic modernisationRedbackEconomic developmentAustraliaGovernment productivityAustraliaAustraliaEconomic policyAustraliaPolitics and governmentElectronic books.Economic developmentGovernment productivity338.994Glover Dennis948230MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910467005603321An economy is not a society2143279UNINA