{"product_id":"9780143783503","title":"The Australian Moment","description":"Author: Megalogenis, George\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780143783503\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Jan 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 448 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith new material reflecting on the changed state of the nation, this edition of the Walkley Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Australian Moment\u003c\/i\u003e by George Megalogenis, one of our most respected journalists, will coincide with the TV series based on the book, \u003ci\u003eMaking Australia Great.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Award, 2012 Walkley Book Award, and Australia's bestselling political book of 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book of the TV series \u003ci\u003eMaking Australia Great\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There's  no better place to be during economic turbulence than Australia.  Brilliant in a bust, we've learnt to use our brains in a boom. Despite a  lingering inability to acknowledge our achievements at home, the rest  of the world asks: how did we get it right?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge  Megalogenis, one of our most respected political and economic writers,  reviews the key events since the 1970s that have forged institutional  and political leadership and a canny populace.  He examines how we  developed from a closed economy racked by the oil shocks, toughed it out  during the sometimes devastating growing pains of deregulation, and  survived the Asian financial crisis, the dotcom tech wreck and the GFC  to become the last developed nation standing in the 2000s. As a result,  whatever happens next, we're as well positioned as any to survive the  ongoing rumblings of the Great Recession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on newly  declassified documents, fresh interviews with our former prime ministers  and a unique ability to bring the numbers to life, Megalogenis  describes how, at just the right time, the Australian people became more  farsighted than our politicians. We stopped spending before the rest of  the world, and at the top of a boom voted out a government that was  throwing around the biggest bribes ever offered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Australian Moment\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with original insight, challenging our often partisan  selective memories and revealing how our leadership and community have  underestimated each other's contribution to the nation's resilience.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith a new afterword and appendix for the 2015 edition","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48171387617438,"sku":"UBD-9780143783503","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780143783503.jpg?v=1787220017","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780143783503","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}