Title Future makers, future takers : life in Australia, 2050 / Doug Cocks

Published Sydney : UNSW Press, 1999

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Description xvi, 332 pages ; 24 cm Contents Introduction -- 1. Timeship Australia -- 2. Global and Australian futures -- 3. Chasing the rainbow : scoping Australia's strategic options -- 4. Conservative development scenario -- 5. An economic growth scenario -- 6. A post-materialism scenario -- 7. Comparing scenario outcomes -- 8. So, where might we be in 2050? -- Appendices: 1. A family of global scenarios -- 2. Ready reference to three national strategies Summary "In keeping with Cocks's willingness and capacity to tackle big issues, Future Makers, Future Takers seeks to identify, detail and compare the broad socio-political philosophies and bundles of policies that comprise Australia's realistic choices for guiding Timeship Australia through the coming turbulent decades. Cocks suspends his own judgment as he even-handedly and comprehensively presents three proactive strategies for managing Australia's future, which he calls Conservative Development, Economic Growth and Post-Materialism."--BOOK JACKET Analysis Economic development Economic policy Federal issue Forecasting Natural resource management Natural resources Quality of life Social order Social policy Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages [314]-325 Subject Environmental policy -- Economic aspects -- Australia. Natural resources -- Australia -- Management. SUBJECT Australia -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009585 -- 1990- Australia -- Economic policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114310 -- 1990- Australia -- Economic policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114310 -- 1990- -- Environmental aspects Australia -- Economic policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114310 -- 1990-2001 -- Environmental aspects Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Forecasting. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005779 Author Cocks, K. D. (Kenneth Douglas) Bernard Hames Collection LC no. 00001413 ISBN 086840473X

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