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BOOK REVIEW A refinement of the Industrial Revolution

THE GREAT CONVERGENCE: Information Technology and the New Globalisation by Richard Baldwin Harvard UP, Cambridge, MA Hardcover: 344 pages Price: AUD$64.99 Reviewed by Colin Teese Richard Baldwin’s book is more than ordinarily difficult to review. According to Baldwin, globalisation is nothing new. It began long before the Industrial Revolution – at least as far back as the Silk Roads. In fact, it is more or less synonymous with trade – and especially “free trade”. Interestingly, Baldwin characterises free trade as “legitimate smuggling”. Among other things Baldwin appears to assume that globalisation can and does, of its own volition,…

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INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS Aboriginal recognition in the constitution?

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On the 50th anniversary of the referendum that ended discrimination against Aboriginal Australians in the constitution, a new call to amend the constitution to entrench indigenous rights emerged from a somewhat divided convention of Aboriginal community leaders at Uluru in May. The meeting was the culmination of a process initiated by the Gillard government, and…

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NATIONAL AFFAIRS Low job prospects keep a generation at home

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

A perfect storm of unaffordable housing, high unofficial unemployment rates and negligible wage growth are conspiring to drive down the standard of living in Australia and abroad. It is fostering resentment as many young people are forced to live with their parents well into their 30s. Moreover, their resentment is leading to the rise of populist political parties. Thirty-one per cent of 18 to 34 year olds and 53 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds have never left home, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2012–13 Multi-Purpose Household Survey, an increase from 27 per cent and 47…

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BOOK REVIEW Assistance is an Australian strength

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THE LONG ROAD: Australia’s Train, Advise and Assist Missions Edited by Tom Frame NewSouth, Sydney Paperback: 416 pages Price: AUD$39.99 Reviewed by Jeffry Babb Give a man a fish; you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Chinese proverb Every organisation must transmit knowledge, not only technical knowledge, but the ethos of the organisation. Australia’s men and women in uniform must do more than fight: the profession of arms requires that they understand their duties and responsibilities as guardians of the nation. Ideally, they should also read and…

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SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Gay intolerance puts on its pushy corporate face

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After about 20 failed bills over 13 years – and the rejection of a plebiscite by Labor, the Greens and Senate crossbenchers – political fatigue has set in on same-sex marriage. At the same time, the increasing intolerance of the same-sex marriage lobby towards those who support natural marriage is proving counterproductive to their…

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CANBERRA OBSERVED Malcolm Turnbull on the front foot during U.S. VP’s visit

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The recent visit of U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence to Australia highlighted the real prospect of some form of military action against rogue state North Korea, with the Turnbull Government also leaving little doubt that Australia would agree to stand by the United States in any actions it decided to take. U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. North Korea has been stepping up its efforts to build a long-range missile capability, and though a recent missile test embarrassingly failed, it has since threatened a “super-mighty pre-emptive strike” over perceived U.S. aggression. In the past such pumped-up ultimatums have…

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