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| Author | George Megalogenis |
|---|---|
| Country | Australian |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Australian politics, Political history, Economics |
| Published | 2012 (Penguin Group) |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 394 |
| ISBN | 9780670075218 |
| OCLC | 792914514 |
The Australian Moment: How We Were Made For These Times is a 2012 Australian economics book by George Megalogenis. It explains how Australia has been able to weather recent world economic problems relatively unscathed.
Dennis Altman, writing in The Sydney Morning Herald , described The Australian Moment as "a detailed and rather economist account of mainstream politics during the past 40 years.", and although calling Megalogenis "one of the country's sanest political journalists" found that "in the end his views reflect the dominant consensus of the chattering classes: Hawke is the best post-Menzies leader because he led the way in deregulating the economy.", and concluded "The thesis of The Australian Moment is fascinating, but it deserves a far more thought-through argument and one that recognises the equal claims of countries such as Brazil or Turkey that seem more likely than Australia to be seen as global models. .. It is unfortunate that there is not more time for our best journalists to step back, reflect more and write more slowly." [1]
The Australian Moment has also been reviewed by The Spectator , [2] Australian Book Review , [3] Inside Story, [4] Institute of Public Affairs Review , [5] and Policy. [6]
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The Australian Moment is arguably the most important work on Australian economics and modern political history of our generation.
Whether you applaud or deplore the fact, market liberalism has defined the past three decades and it must be understood if we are to do better in future. The Australian Moment is probably the best exposition of Australia's political history over the period of market liberal reform, and from the viewpoint of the reformers, that we have seen, or are likely to.
In this ambitious new series he [Alex West, producer] again brings us a cumulative and kaleidoscopic sense of a great story unfolding dramatically, its many chapters linked and narrated by his handsome beanpole of a commentator, Megalogenis.