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Author Wynhausen, Elisabeth.

Title The short goodbye : a skewed history of the last boom and the next bust / Elisabeth Wynhausen.

Publication Info. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Pub., [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 219 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-211) and index.
Summary Elisabeth Wynhausen was at her desk writing a story about people being sacked when she was sacked herself. The Short Goodbye is the untold story of a nation forever changed by the global financial crisis and the people whose lives have been glossed over in the grand narratives of politicians and commentators. With verve and wit, she dissects the myth that Australia dodged a financial bullet by documenting the lives of those discarded on an economic minefield, from bankers to factory workers, and warns that without reform Australia could suffer a more terrible social and economic calamity from.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009)
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Anecdotes.
Genre/Form Anecdotes.
Subject Financial crises -- Australia -- Anecdotes.
Financial crises.
Australia.
Downsizing of organizations -- Australia.
Downsizing of organizations.
Chronological Term 2008-2009
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Anecdotes.
ISBN 9780522860108 (electronic book)
0522860109 (electronic book)
9780522857498
0522857493