Workers' capital : industry funds and the fight for universal superannuation in Australia / Bernard Mees and Cathy Brigden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mees, Bernard (Bernard Thomas), author.

Brigden, Cathy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Old age pensions--Australia--Finance.

Old age pensions.

Social security--Australia.

Social security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 270 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2017.

Summary:

Tells the story of the Australian superannuation revolution led by trade unions in the 1980s. After a series of hard-fought industrial campaigns, an enormous financial industry was created, involving hundreds of thousands of employers and covering millions of fund members. From having one of the worst retirement savings systems in the developed world, in three decades Australia had one of the best. now the funds held in Australian superannuation accounts exceed the entire market capitalization of all the companies on the Australian Stock Exchange. Drawing on interview with the key players and extensive archival research, this book is the first systematic history of the unique Australian system of industry superannuation.

Contents:

Foreword

Abbreviations

List of tables and figures

Introduction

A lopsided welfarism

Early stirrings: Union campaigns for pension and retirement funds

The push for universal superannuation

campaigning for award super

Legislating universal super

The industry funds movement

The new mutuals

Modern times

Looking backwards and forwards

Conclusion

Timeline

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-221) and index (pages 253-270).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-311844-5

1-003-11844-5

1-000-24838-0

1-925576-73-6

9781003118442

OCLC:

979230984