http://www.australianreview.net/digest/2015/04/quiggin.html
"In the opening of Nevil Shute’s novel, On the Beach, written in 1957, a
nuclear war has devastated the Northern Hemisphere. Australia has
avoided direct involvement in the war, but is waiting for the cloud of
nuclear fallout to drift southwards, killing everything and everyone in
its path. This second-hand disaster serves nicely as a metaphor for
Australia’s current economic experience, which has been driven largely
by the fallout from shocks to the major economies of the Northern
Hemisphere."
Let's hope we can learn from the mistakes of others and retain our
beloved Australian egalitarianism, rather than blindly following the US
and other developed countries into neo-feudalism and potential
instability. Via John Hardy.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
