| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 189 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-186) and index. |
| Contents |
A political impasse -- A nation-defining choice -- Economic rationalism's grip on power -- Is economics a science? -- Key ideas in economics -- 'Punters' versus 'economic rationalists' -- Contrasting views of human nature -- Contrasting views of how society works -- Contrasting views of the ideal society -- Economic policy and culture -- How to argue with an economic rationalist -- Reclaiming responsibility -- Arguing about economic efficiency -- Arguing about quality of life -- Arguing about justice -- The way forward -- Making sure 'she'll be right' -- Recent developments : the values divide in industrial relations reform. |
| Summary |
Reflects on how economics has become central to our lives, and how the economic rationalist perspective has become the lens through which all matters in Australian public life are viewed. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Australia -- Economic policy.
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Australia. |
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Economic policy. |
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Free enterprise -- Australia.
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Free enterprise. |
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Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945-
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1945- |
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Since 1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Edwards, Lindy. How to argue with an economist. 2nd ed. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521699433 0521699436 (DLC) 2007000181 (OCoLC)78070514 |
| ISBN |
9780511296581 (electronic book) |
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0511296584 (electronic book) |
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0511295812 (electronic book) |
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9780511295812 (electronic book) |
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0511292643 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511292644 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0521699436 (Paper) |
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9780521699433 |
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