Exit Strategy : Politics After the Pandemic: Quarterly Essay 82 - George Megalogenis

Exit Strategy

Politics After the Pandemic: Quarterly Essay 82

By: George Megalogenis

Paperback | 28 June 2021 | Edition Number 82

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In the wake of the pandemic, will we see a new politics of social security and concern for the future?

Australia faces recession. In the wake of the pandemic, will we see a new politics of care and fear, of social security and concern for the future?

In this original essay, George Megalogenis explains what we know about recessions and unemployment and how governments should respond. He explores the gender and generational aspects of job losses, and the fate of higher education – what happened to the clever country? He considers the state of the federation and, as Australia is forced to make its own luck, asks: what future for a divided nation?

About the Author

George Megalogenis has written for The Australian, The Monthly and the Nine papers. His book The Australian Moment won the 2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-fiction and the 2012 Walkley Award for Non-fiction, and formed the basis for the ABC documentary series Making Australia Great. His other books include Australia’s Second Chance, The Football Solution, Faultlines, The Longest Decade and two previous Quarterly Essays, Trivial Pursuit and Balancing Act.

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