On Borrowed Time.

--From climate change to the Murdoch empire, from refugees to WikiLeaks ₆Robert Manne applies his brilliant mind to the issues and people that shape our world. This provocative and informative book includes essays on Donald Trump's links to Russia, Malcolm Turnbull's leadership, the ideas...

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Main Author: Manne, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Collingwood : Schwartz Publishing Pty, Limited, 2018.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; On Borrowed Time; Climate Change; A Dark Victory; Explaining Our Failure; Naomi Klein: This Changes Everything; Jonathan Franzen: This Changes Nothing; Laudato Siâ#x80;#x99;: A Political Reading; The Murdoch Empire; Bad News; Andrew Bolt: â#x80;#x9C;Name Tenâ#x80;#x9D;; Rupert Murdochâ#x80;#x99;s Politics; Australian Politics; The Second Rudd Government?; Laborâ#x80;#x99;s Long Goodbye; Malcolm Turnbull: The Promise; Malcolm Fraser: An Unlikely Radical; Malcolm Turnbull: A Brief Lament; Australia And Asylum Seekers; Tragedy of Errors.
  • On Refugees, Both the Left and the Right Are WrongHow We Came to Be So Cruel; There is a Solution to Australiaâ#x80;#x99;s Asylum-Seeker Problem; Australian History; Burchett and the KGB; While Rivers Ran Red; The Sorry History of Australiaâ#x80;#x99;s Apology; Noel Pearson and Indigenous Constitutional Recognition; The United States; Julian Assange: Alex Gibney; The Snowden Files; Donald Trumpâ#x80;#x99;s Victory; The Muscovian Candidate?; Julian Assange: Laura Poitras; The Islamic State; The Mind of the Islamic State; The University; The University Experience â#x80;#x93; Then and Now; Acknowledgements; Back Cover.