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The mess we're in

how our politics went to hell and dragged us with it

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The mess we're in
Bernard Keane
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An edition of Mess We're In (2018)

The mess we're in

how our politics went to hell and dragged us with it

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Crikey correspondent Bernard Keane explains capitalism, identity and Why Everything Is Awful.

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Allen & Unwin
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Cover of: Mess We're In
Mess We're In: How Our Politics Went to Hell and Dragged Us with It
2019, Allen & Unwin
in English
Cover of: The mess we're in
The mess we're in: how our politics went to hell and dragged us with it
2018, Allen & Unwin
in English

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Table of Contents

Cover; Also by the author; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART 1: SYMPTOMS OF CHAOS: A THEMATIC HISTORY OF 2016-2018; The death of trust; Fake populists; Fake news and denialism; Xenophobia and bigotry; Taking back control; Employment and economics; Alienating the customers; War on the young; Political failures; Malcolm Turnbull and the politics of disappointment; Rootin' for Putin; Political killing; The decline of civility; Revolt of the white men; Diagnosis; PART 2: NEOLIBERALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS; What is it?; The success of neoliberalism
All things being unequal: neoliberalism and inequalityIn theory: complexity and concentration; Swiss cheese or, Towards a competitive index of competitiveness indices; The robots are taking our jerbs; Individualism, identity and the neoliberal economics of self; W(h)ither the Left; Biographical note: accidental death of a neoliberal; Conclusion; PART 3: (UN)GOVERNMENT; The party's over; Of the corporation, by the corporation, for the corporation; Things fall apart: the corporations cannot hold; Learned helplessness and its lessons; The bureaucrats; Biographical note: Canberra, so white
Neoliberal tragedy: how Reform was ignored to deathAbbott, Trump and the role of conventions in government; The war on scrutiny; Terrorism and why it will never be defeated; Conclusion: interactions with neoliberalism; ENTR'ACTE THE AGES OF UNREASON; PART 4: THE INTERNET-WEAPON OF MASS DISRUPTION; No biggie, but the internet is changing your brain right now; Joining imagined communities; Dead set on disruption; Disintermediating the media; Surveillance; Biographical note: disillusion, delusion and intrusion; Conclusion: perfect storm; PART 5: REPAIRING THE PRECARIOUS CRUST; Solutions

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Vade in paceABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Crows Nest, NSW

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Dewey Decimal Class
320.0994
Library of Congress
DU117.17 .K43 2018

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Pagination
1 online resource

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Open Library
OL44082130M
ISBN 10
176063669X
ISBN 13
9781760636692
OCLC/WorldCat
1046613737

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