A Little History of Economics by Niall Kishtainy
$24.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic | Series: Little Histories Ser.
A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and the ideas of great thinkers in the field What causes poverty? Are economic crises inevitable under capitalism? Is government intervention in an economy a helpful approach or a disastrous idea? T ...Show more
The Global Rise of China by Alvin Y. So
$35.95 AUD
Category: Political / Economic | Series: China Today
This book sets out to unravel and explain the puzzle of the global rise of China: how, in just forty years, China has been quickly transformed from a poor, backward third-world country to one of the world s core economic powerhouses. Exactly how did this Chinese developmental miracle happen? Focusing on ...Show more
Battleground - Why the Liberal Party shirtfronted Tony Abbott by Wayne ERRINGTON and Peter VAN ONSELEN
$27.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Tony Abbott came to the prime ministership lauded as the most effective leader of the opposition since Whitlam. Why then did he fail to succeed in the job to which he had aspired for decades? Battleground chronicles the paradox of the Abbott prime ministership: steadfast loyalty when pragmatism was requ ...Show more
Investing with She's on the Money: Build Your Future Wealth by Victoria Devine
$32.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
The new book from the award-winning, number one bestselling author of She's on the Money Everything you need to know to get started investing and building your future wealth with financial advisor Victoria Devine, creator of the She's on the Money podcast. Secure your copy now!
Mindf*ck: Inside Cambridge Analytica's Plot to Break the World by Christopher Wylie
$29.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic | Reading Level: near fine
What if you could look into the minds of an entire population? What if you could target the weakest with messages that only they saw? In 2016, an obscure British military contractor turned the world upside down. Funded by a billionaire on a crusade to start his own far-right insurgency, Cambridge Analyt ...Show more
Talk of the Devil:Encounters with Seven Dictators by Riccardo Orizio
$19.95 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
What happened to the great dictators of contemporary history, responsible for some of its most gruesome chapters? And, now that they are disgraced, or in prison, or exiled, or simply forgotten, do they still seem as terrifying as when they held power? Thanks to his conversion to Islam, the unrepentant I ...Show more
Churchill: The Prophetic Statesman by James C. Humes
$36.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
"Churchill: The Prophetic Statesman" reveals the astonishingly accurate predictions of Britain's most famous Prime Minister, and how his critics perceived them throughout his political career Who could have foreseen the start of World War I twenty-five years before the assassination of a Serbian archduk ...Show more
A Matter of Principle by Conrad Black
$24.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
"I never ask for mercy and seek no one's sympathy. I would never, as was once needlessly feared in this court, be a fugitive from justice in this country, only a seeker of it."--Conrad Black, in his statement to the court, June 24, 2011 In 1993, Conrad Black was the proprietor of London's "Daily Telegra ...Show more
Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation by Laura Tingle
$19.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Rather than relaxed and comfortable, Australians are disenchanted with politics and politicians. In this brilliant short book - an expanded version of her acclaimed Quarterly Essay - Laura Tingle shows that the reason for this goes to something deep in Australian culture: our great expectations of gover ...Show more
The Professionals: Strategy, Money and the Rise of the Political Campaigner in Australia by Stephen Mills
$29.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Stephen Mills has conducted on-the-record interviews with every living national campaign director of the two major political parties. Their experience covers the 15 federal election campaigns from 1974 to the present day. Built around twelve critical moments in Australian electoral history, The Professi ...Show more
Drone Theory by Grégoire Chamayou
$19.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Drone Theory is Gregoire Chamayou's poignant and sharply argued polemic against US drone warfare. In 2011 alone, the US deployed one drone strike every four days in Pakistan. Drone Theory is a rigorous polemic against the increasing use of robot warfare around the world. Drawing on philosophical debate, ...Show more