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Affluenza: When too much is never enough by Clive Hamilton, Richard Denniss
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Anyone concerned about the level of their personal debt or frustrated by the rat race of aspiring to an affluent lifestyle will appreciate this critique of the effects of over-consumption. This analysis pulls no punches as it describes both the problem and what can be done to stop it. Analyzing the incr ...Show more
Big: The Role of the State in the Modern Economy by Richard Denniss
$19.95 AUD
Category: Economics | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Scott Morrison wants to spend a lot more money on defence, the business community wants more spending on infrastructure and education, an ageing population wants better health and aged care, and young Australians want more action on climate change and affordable housing. Each problem requires more publi ...Show more
Curing Affluenza by Richard Denniss
$27.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
A truly modern affliction, affluenza is endemic in Western societies, encouraged by those who profit from a culture of exploitation and waste. So how do we cure ourselves?In this sparkling book of ideas, Richard Denniss shows we must distinguish between consumerism, the love of buying things, which is u ...Show more
Dead Right: How Neoliberalism Ate Itself and What Comes Next by Richard Denniss
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
This updated and expanded edition of Richard Denniss' bestselling Quarterly Essay gives a template for understanding the next federal election; discusses how and why the right of politics has continued to splinter; focuses on why energy and climate policy is such a problem for conservative politics; and ...Show more
Econobabble: How to Decode Political Spin and Economic Nonsense by Richard Denniss
$27.99 AUD
Category: Business
'Economics is like a tyre lever- it can be used to solve a problem, or to beat someone over the head.'What is econobabble? We hear it every day, when politicians and commentators use incomprehensible economic jargon to dress up their self-interest as the national interest, to make the absurd seem inevit ...Show more
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