5.0 out of 5 based on 1 reviews. – Customer review on 01/08/2010

A timely reminder and reframing of many of the points made in a much earlier Bob Ellis volume "First Abolish the Customer: 202 Arguments Against Economic Rationalism", along with significant additional material post-GFC (Global Financial Crisis).

The reader is painted a vivid picture of the more brutal nature of aspects of our democratic capitalist society - the blind pursuit greater "efficiency” and cost reduction (regardless of cost incurred to achieve this) through unending workforce reduction and outsourcing - and how this very corporate (and Government, since modern Government is run just like a corporation) imperative leads to companies literally cannibalising themselves from the inside, enriching a small few and destroying good businesses and leaving human misery in its wake.

Having presented a very stark, almost depressing, view of our current state of affairs, Mr Ellis then goes on to offer a number of eminently practical suggestions for getting Australia back on the rails towards full employment. Ellis proposes a return to a more Keynesian approach: By creating environments where fuller employment is actively aimed for and sponsored by Government, far from being driven out of business due to "high costs" Ellis hypothesises that companies will thrive through having an economy of employed persons able to purchase their goods and services.