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Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2018

1 online resource (xi, 408 pages) : illustrations

ISBN 9780522872286 (e-book)

ISBN 9780522872279

Print version: Bell, Stephen, 1954- Fair share : competing claims and Australia’s economic future. Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2018 xi, 408 pages ISBN 9780522872279

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-395) and index

Winners and losers: it’s the brutal reality in most advanced economies. Increased inequality, economic stagnation and financial instability are the consequences of technological change, globalisation and the massive increase in financial systems. Governments struggle to deal with the unrest this creates and to resolve competing claims for the spoils of growth. Australia’s egalitarian traditions and past reforms have served the country well, but the risks of weakening demand, stagnating living standards and structural unemployment are growing and require urgent attention. Does Australia have the fiscal and political capacity to achieve a reform agenda? Can the Australian political system manage these vital changes? Will voters support them? Fair Share ignites the necessary debate to instigate action..

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