OTOH the ?ALP caeetrd the modern Australian economy? line line is eminently defensible and its use by Rudd is not before time. I hope they continue it. I can see why the ALP should want to do that. It'd be true, too.But it must enrage Teh Left to see their (mainstream) party claim, publicly, wholeheartedly and most importantly credibly, the Australian neoliberal project as their own. The current position of Teh Left seems to be that the modern Australian economy = increased casualisation and reduced job security, a lower share of output for labour vs. capital, a hollowed-out manufacturing sector, ballooning trade and current account deficits, debt-driven consumption, deregulation-driven financial instability and a lopsided investment profile based largely on digging stuff out of the ground.BBB

by David 08:55:22 PM 2012.02.26