The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 5The postwar period has seen radical changes in Australia. Increased dependence on the United States, an influx of European and Asian immigrants, and a series of economic booms and recessions have confronted Australians with the challenge of surviving as an offshoot of European civilization in a largely Asian region and securing a prosperous future with declining support from European markets and investment. This final volume in the Oxford History of Australia details this volatile period, showing that while some Australians have resisted the pressures for change, most have adapted resourcefully and intelligently to the task of creating a new nation able to survive into the 21st century. |
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... unemployment as a satisfactory definition of full employ- ment . Anything less , wrote two respected economists , would be ' a counsel of perfection that could hardly be realized under a system of private enterprise ' . Stan Carver ...
... unemployment as a satisfactory definition of full employ- ment . Anything less , wrote two respected economists , would be ' a counsel of perfection that could hardly be realized under a system of private enterprise ' . Stan Carver ...
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... unemployment of the 1960s . They believed that the surest in- strument for this policy was government spending cuts . The axe , the razor , the knife figured often in the journalistic metaphors of the late 1970s . Inflation must be ...
... unemployment of the 1960s . They believed that the surest in- strument for this policy was government spending cuts . The axe , the razor , the knife figured often in the journalistic metaphors of the late 1970s . Inflation must be ...
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... Unemployment , having risen from 5.8 to 9.3 per cent between 1980-81 and 1982-83 , peaked at 10 per cent in the ... unemployed , particularly the young un- employed , as ' dole bludgers ' . More than a quarter of the teenage labour ...
... Unemployment , having risen from 5.8 to 9.3 per cent between 1980-81 and 1982-83 , peaked at 10 per cent in the ... unemployed , particularly the young un- employed , as ' dole bludgers ' . More than a quarter of the teenage labour ...
Contents
The Brink of SelfDiscovery 19421951 | 1 |
The High Summer of Robert Menzies 19511965 | 87 |
The Search for New Directions 19661975 | 163 |
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