by Andrew Gamble | Apr 9, 2007 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 7
Howard vs RuddNeo-liberalism became the ruling orthodoxy in many countries in the 1980s, reshaping policy agendas, and transforming all parties, social democratic, conservative and liberal alike. Neo-liberalism was not just the product of ideas but was a practical...
by George Williams | Apr 9, 2007 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 7
It is widely acknowledged that Australia’s federal system is broken. What we did not know is how much this is costing us. The price tag has now been estimated at $9 billion each year in wasted taxes. This amounts to $1,100 per family.This is the conservative...
by Evan Jones | Sep 26, 2006 | Papers
More than a magnificent stylist John Kenneth Galbraith died on 29 April (born 15 October 1908), only a few years short of a century innings. And compus mentis almost right to the last. Galbraith was a phenomenon in his own right, an author of prodigious output,...
by William Merrin | Sep 26, 2006 | Papers
Baudrillard & new media”We are no longer the actors of the real but the double agents of the virtual.” – Baudrillard, Fragments: Cool Memories IIIEARLY in the Wachowski brother’s 1999 cult film, The Matrix, Keanu Reeves’ character...
by John Keane | Jun 5, 2006 | Papers
A short history Origins Democracy commonly refers to a type of political system in which the people or their representatives lawfully govern themselves, rather than being governed, say, by a military dictatorship, totalitarian party or monarch. In recent decades,...
by John Docker, Ann Curthoys | Apr 26, 2006 | Papers
The necessity for and difficulty of finding the truth in history The context for Is History Fiction? What is History? asked E H Carr in his influential text of that name, first published in 1961, and reprinted endlessly since. The question we address in our book is...
