Title Australia at the crossroads : radical free market or a progressive liberalism? / Fred Argy

Published St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1998

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Description xiii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Contents Pt. I. Australia's economic performance. 1. A narrow economic view. 2. A broader welfare perspective. 3. The scourge of high unemployment: where we went wrong -- Pt. II. The dangers of economic extremism. 4. Why old style state paternalism (statism) will not work. 5. A critique of hard liberalism 1: the goals. 6. A critique of hard liberalism 2: the intermediate targets. 7. A critique of hard liberalism 3: the instruments -- Pt. III. Progressive liberalism: an alternative strategy. 8. A consensual social agenda. 9. A macro-economic policy to promote growth and employment. 10. Structural policies to promote growth and employment -- Pt. IV. The international evidence. 11. Multi-country studies. 12. The East-Asian experience. 13. The New Zealand experience. 14. The United Kingdom experience. 15. Australians experience with progressive liberalism in an international context -- Pt. V. The battleground between hard and progressive liberalism 16. How the issues are perceived by economists and the community. 17. The counter-coalition of free-market interests. 18. Mobilising support for progressive liberalism -- Pt. VI. Concluding comments. 19. Preserving a decent society -- App. How differences in values bear on the policy debate Summary Australia at the Crossroads is a comprehensive and systematic critique of the radical free market agenda, and a warning against the false dawn offered by that or any other form of economic extremism. It opts squarely for the progressive liberal path - one which will safeguard the 'fair go' society which Australians take pride in, without impairing our capacity to further improve living standards Analysis Australia overseas comparisons Economic conditions Economic growth Economic policy Economic theory Federal issue Gross domestic product Income distribution Market forces Social values Statistics Unemployment Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-280) and index Subject Free enterprise -- Australia. Free trade -- Australia. SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Commercial policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005264 Australia -- Economic conditions -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009587 Australia -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009585 -- 1976- Australia -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009585 -- 1976-1990 Australia -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009585 -- 1990- Australia -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009585 -- 1990-2001 Australia -- Economic policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114310 -- 1976- Australia -- Economic policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114310 -- 1976-1990 Australia -- Economic policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114310 -- 1990- Australia -- Economic policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114310 -- 1990-2001 Australia -- Economic policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114310 Author Argy, Fred. LC no. 99179900 ISBN 1864486694

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