The Failure of Free-Market Economics

Offering a range of practical reforms that it deems are essential and urgent, this compilation argues against Australia's enthusiastic adoption of free-market economics. A unique perspective from a highly qualified expert, this volume explains how the triumph of a fundamentally flawed economic orthodoxy has weakened the economy and now threatens the country's future. Examining the economic theories that have shaped Australia over the past 30 years, this account demonstrates the strategic strength of combining the bureaucracy and the media and proposes new tactics for prosperity and opportunity in times to come.