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Former investment banker and economist Brad Orgill believes that Australia is suffering from a crisis of confidence. Globalisation, deregulation, and privatisation have delivered economic growth and enhanced consumption for the past 20 years, but the after-effects of the 2007-08 financial crisis, rising inequality, job insecurity, and increased corporate power over voters and employees are eroding our sense of democracy. Meanwhile, with an election looming, the future of progressive politics nationwide is deeply uncertain. The Australian Labor Party and the Greens are splitting the left-of-centre vote - the major party driven rightwards by an increasingly conservative swinging voter, and the minor party holding firm on vital but controversial issues. In Why Labor Should Savour Its Greens, Brad Orgill reviews the Greens' major economic, social, and environmental policies, and argues that progressive voters, and the nation as a whole, deserve an aligned ALP-Greens platform incorporating the best elements of each. With a $500 billion annual combined government spend at stake - not to mention the future of our social fabric and our very planet - this is a time for visionary thinking, not old divisions and counter-productive rivalries.

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[A] very well-written, stimulating book, which should inspire a whole new version of fantasy politics, in which we design our own Canberra dream team. --Margot Saville, Crikey With hostility between the Greens and the ALP at a record high, this plea for the two parties to reconcile their differences--rather than split the progressive vote--is a timely one . . . makes good sense at a time when the ALP desperately needs to reinvent itself. --Fiona Capp, Age With hostility between the Greens and the ALP at a record high, this plea for the two parties to reconcile their differences--rather than split the progressive vote--is a timely one . . . makes good sense at a time when the ALP desperately needs to reinvent itself. --Fiona Capp, Age

"""With hostility between the Greens and the ALP at a record high, this plea for the two parties to reconcile their differences--rather than split the progressive vote--is a timely one . . . makes good sense at a time when the ALP desperately needs to reinvent itself."" --Fiona Capp, Age ""[A] very well-written, stimulating book, which should inspire a whole new version of fantasy politics, in which we design our own Canberra dream team."" --Margot Saville, Crikey ""With hostility between the Greens and the ALP at a record high, this plea for the two parties to reconcile their differences--rather than split the progressive vote--is a timely one . . . makes good sense at a time when the ALP desperately needs to reinvent itself."" --Fiona Capp, ""Age"""

With hostility between the Greens and the ALP at a record high, this plea for the two parties to reconcile their differences--rather than split the progressive vote--is a timely one . . . makes good sense at a time when the ALP desperately needs to reinvent itself. --Fiona Capp, Age With hostility between the Greens and the ALP at a record high, this plea for the two parties to reconcile their differences--rather than split the progressive vote--is a timely one . . . makes good sense at a time when the ALP desperately needs to reinvent itself. --Fiona Capp, Age [A] very well-written, stimulating book, which should inspire a whole new version of fantasy politics, in which we design our own Canberra dream team. --Margot Saville, Crikey

[A] very well-written, stimulating book, which should inspire a whole new version of fantasy politics, in which we design our own Canberra dream team. --Margot Saville, Crikey

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