Human and planetary flourishing is possible despite the multiple crises we face. One solution at our fingertips is a "full employment economy". What stands in the way of implementing this solution? Not money. We can financially afford an economy where everyone has the amount of paid work they want. Political will is the obstacle. In fact Labor are heading in the opposite direction in their efforts to increase the rate of unemployment.
We speak with Owen Bennett, who believes he has found the Labor government's Achilles heel, and how to put pressure on them to live up to their name.
Australia’s Labor Movement Has Abandoned Unemployed Workers, by Owen Bennett (article)
Jacobin, 30 July 2024
Participation, Job Search and Mobility, Australia
(ABS publication, replaces "Persons Not in the Labour Force, Australia")
"In February 2024: 1.9 million people were not working but wanted to work"
Understanding the Journey to Full Employment, by Sarah Hunter (speech)
Keynote Address to the Barrenjoey Economic Forum, 11 September 2024
Episode 3, of the ABC documentary series, "Nemisis"
Trove (database)
Free, online collections from Australian libraries, universities, museums, galleries and archives. A collaborative effort maintained by the National Library of Australia.
Full Employment (paper)
ACTU congress 2024
Statement on the Conduct of Monetary Policy
The Treasurer and the Reserve Bank Board, 8 December 2023
Modern Monetary Theory - Bill & Warren's Excellent Adventure (book)
by William Mitchell and Warren Mosler
The Hawke-Keating hijack: the ALP in transition
by Dean Jaensch (book)
Pleading Ignorance, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck
Too Many Things, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck
Centrelink Hold Music
Summer Stroll by Andrew Cottee
described as "easy swinging vintage orchestral with romantic strings & playful twiddles"
Balrog Boogie, by Diablo Swing Orchestra
Anne Maxwell & Kevin Gaynor
