{"product_id":"9781925203837","title":"Balancing Act: Australia Between Recession and Renewal; Quarterly Essay 61","description":"\u003ci\u003eAustralia is in transition. Saying it is easy. The panic kicks in when we are compelled to describe what the future might look like. There is no complacent middle to aim at. We will either catch the next wave of prosperity, or finally succumb to the Great Recession.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this urgent essay, George Megalogenis argues that Australia risks becoming globalisation’s next and most unnecessary victim. The next shock, whenever it comes, will find us with our economic guard down, and a political system that has shredded its authority. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Megalogenis outlines the challenge for Malcolm Turnbull and his government. Our tax system is unfair and we have failed to invest in infrastructure and education. Both sides of politics are clinging defensively to an old model because it tells them a reassuring story of Australian success. But that model has been exhausted by capitalism’s extended crisis and the end of the mining boom. Trusting to the market has left us with gridlocked cities, growing inequality and a corporate sector that feels no obligation to pay tax. It is time to redraw the line between market and state. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBalancing Act\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate look at the politics of change and renewal, and a bold call for active government. It took World War II to provide the energy and focus for the reconstruction that laid the foundation for modern Australia.  Will it take another crisis to prompt a new reconstruction? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e George Megalogenis has thirty years’ experience in the media, including over a decade in the federal parliamentary press gallery. His book \u003ci\u003eThe Australian Moment\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for non-fiction and the 2012 Walkley Award for non-fiction, and formed the basis for the ABC documentary series \u003ci\u003eMaking Australia Great\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eAustralia’s Second Chance\u003c\/i\u003e and he is also author of \u003ci\u003eFaultlines, The Longest Decade\u003c\/i\u003e and a previous best-selling Quarterly Essay, \u003ci\u003eTrivial Pursuit: Leadership and the End of the Reform Era.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Schwartz Books Pty. Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131931508976,"sku":"9781925203837","price":14.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781925203837_p0.jpg?v=1763635971","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781925203837","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}