The short goodbye : a skewed history of the last boom and the next bust / Elisabeth Wynhausen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wynhausen, Elisabeth, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009--Anecdotes.

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.

Financial crises--Australia--Anecdotes.

Financial crises.

Downsizing of organizations--Australia.

Downsizing of organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 219 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Elisabeth Wynhausen was at her desk writing a story about people being sacked when she was sacked herself. The Short Goodbye is the untold story of a nation forever changed by the global financial crisis and the people whose lives have been glossed over in the grand narratives of politicians and commentators. With verve and wit, she dissects the myth that Australia dodged a financial bullet by documenting the lives of those discarded on an economic minefield, from bankers to factory workers, and warns that without reform Australia could suffer a more terrible social and economic calamity from the next global rout.

Contents:

Intro

Title page

Contents

Acknowledgements

1 The Short Goodbye

2 Shortly Before the Triumph of Global Capitalism

3 The Limits of Illusion

4 The Crisis for Beginners

5 Nine Per Cent of Everything, then Everything

6 The Corporate Undertaker Digs In

7 The Moral of the Story

Notes

Index

MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-211) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522860108

0522860109

OCLC:

1500761710