by Elizabeth Humphrys | Mar 25, 2018 | Accord, Australian Economy, Australian History, Neoliberalism
2016 marked the 25th anniversary of Michael Pusey’s seminal text of economic sociology, Economic Rationalism in Canberra. As a detailed analysis of top bureaucrats in Canberra who had adopted free market ideas and the transformation of public policymaking, Pusey’s...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Mar 5, 2018 | Accord, Australian Economy, Australian History, unions
This week my colleague Sarah Gregson (UNSW) and I are on the GLAMcity podcast talking about the history of work, labour under the Accord, and the memorialisation of those killed in the West Gate Bridge collapse & the Titanic disaster. You can listen to the...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Jun 7, 2017 | Accord, Australian Economy, Australian History, Neoliberalism
Last week I was interviewed on the wonderful ‘Living the Dream’ podcast. We discussed the Accord, neoliberalism and the ALP Hawke-Keating government. Our focus was on recent articles by Van Badham and Wayne Swan in The Guardian, and how the ALP and unions...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Mar 4, 2017 | Anti-politics, Australian History, Events, Gramsci
Next week I am speaking at the Sydney Historical Research Network seminar, as part of their History Now series. The topic is ‘The History of Class Now’. Speaking chronologically are Hannah Forsyth (ACU), Terry Irving (University of...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Nov 12, 2016 | Accord, Australian Economy, Australian History, Neoliberalism
Originally published at PPE. There is an emerging body of literature questioning the usefulness of the term ‘neoliberalism’. This work has highlighted the tendency for new analysis to simply add another yet more precise definition of neoliberalism in an effort — as...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Jun 26, 2016 | Accord, Anti-politics, Australian Economy, Australian History
I recently had a short piece, co-authored by Tad Tietze, printed in response to George Megalogenis’ essay ‘Balancing Act: Australia Between Recession and Renewal’. The Megalogenis essay is available in Quarterly Essay Issue 61, and our response in...