Has the Luck Run Out? The End of Old Australia by David Fagan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Why have we lost trust in Australia? What's going wrong? What's going right? And what we can do to regain confidence in Australia's future? Why are Australians anxious and pessimistic? Who or what has caused our loss of trust in Australia? Why has a feeling of powerlessness crept in for so many? Has the ...Show more
A Banquet of Consequences, Reloaded: How we got into the mess we're in, and why we need to act now by Satyajit Das
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Essential reading for anyone concerned about the dire future of the global economy, the deepening environmental crisis the alarming deterioration of our social fabric, A Banquet of Consequences incisively explains the problems confronting us, how we're making those problems worse, and what the real solu ...Show more
Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality is Sabotaging Democracy by Carl Rhodes
$27.99 AUD
Category: Politics
*Shortlisted for The Business Book Awards: International Business Book*Does ‘woke capitalism’ improve capitalism’s image or does it threaten the future of democracy?From Nike’s adoption of Colin Kaepernick, to Gillette’s engagement with the toxic masculinity debate, the 21st century has seen a sharp inc ...Show more
The Euro: And its Threat to the Future of Europe by Joseph Stiglitz
$55.00 AUD
Category: Politics
Solidarity and prosperity fostered by economic integration: this principle has underpinned the European project from the start, and the establishment of a common currency was supposed to be its most audacious and tangible achievement. Since 2008, however, the European Union has ricocheted between stagna ...Show more
The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes by Zoe Playdon
$29.99 AUD
Category: Politics
The never-before-told story of Ewan Forbes and the landmark case that rocked British society and transformed transgender experience to this day' Magnificently researched and told' Lord Michael Cashman CBE 'A landmark work' Baroness Helena Kennedy QC 'Gripping and important' Michael Bronski, author of ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 82: Exit Strategy: Politics After the Pandemic by George Megalogenis
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
In the wake of the pandemic, will we see a new politics of social security and concern for the future? Australia faces recession. In the wake of the pandemic, will we see a new politics of care and fear, of social security and concern for the future? In this original essay, George Megalogenis explains ...Show more
The Secret by Alexandra Smith
$36.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Gladys Berejiklian was Australia's rockstar premier. The first woman to lead NSW, she steered the state through devastating bushfires, drought and a once-in-a-generation pandemic with grace and a steady hand. To many Australians, she was 'The Woman Who Saved Australia' for the way in which she navigate ...Show more
Robert Menzies: The Art of Politics by Troy Bramston
$39.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A revelatory biography of Australia's longest-serving prime minister.Robert Menzies claimed the prime ministership in 1939 and led the nation during the early years of the war, but resigned two years later when he lost the confidence of his party. His political career seemed over, and yet he staged one ...Show more
Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future by Paul Krugman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Politics
There is no better guide to basic economics than Paul Krugman. Likewise, there is no stronger foe of zombie economics, the misunderstandings that just won't die. In Arguing with Zombies, Krugman tackles many of these misunderstandings in a series of concise, digestible chapters. With quick, vivid sketch ...Show more
Girt by China: Power Play in the Pacific: Australian Foreign Affairs 17 by Jonathan Pearlman
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
What challenges does Australia face as the world's great powers battle for a foothold in the Pacific?The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines the growing rivalry and increasing tension in the Pacific as it becomes a stage for a great-power contest to gain influence and a strategic positio ...Show more
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Paul Kennedy's international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military might among the great powers of the world. Kennedy begins with Europe's dramatic return to the forefront of world domination at the expense of China and the Muslim world and br ...Show more
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: good
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical question ...Show more