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On Life's Lottery

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title On Life's Lottery
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Glyn Davis
SeriesOn Series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:80
Dimensions(mm): Height 148,Width 110
Category/GenreLiterary essays
ISBN/Barcode 9780733646515
ClassificationsDewey:306.0994
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Hachette Australia
Imprint Hachette Australia
Publication Date 27 January 2021
Publication Country Australia

Description

Birth is a throw of the dice. The consequences last a lifetime. We like to think of Australia as the land of the 'fair go', a land of choice and equal opportunity. But behind the facade of meritocracy lies an uncomfortable truth: much of your life is already decided by the lottery of where you are born and who you are born to. Entrenched inter-generational poverty, like the property of the wealthy, can be handed down from parent to child. With one in eight adults and one in six children living below the poverty line in Australia, Glyn Davis asks the question: If life is a game of chance, what responsibility do those who are given a head start have to look after those less fortunate?

Author Biography

Glyn Davis AC is CEO of the Paul Ramsay Foundation, which works to end intergenerational poverty. He was previously Vice Chancellor of the University of Melbourne and remains Distinguished Professor of political science at the Australian National University and visiting Professor at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford. He delivered the Boyer lectures on the future of higher education in 2010.

Reviews

The question at the heart of Davis's essay is what to do about this situation, or what it is possible to do in a country in thrall to low taxation and suspicious of the welfare state. * NATIONAL [PRINT], The Australian, [AUDIENCE: 94,448, ASR: AUD 8,181] * A thought-provoking read on how birth is a roll of the dice, with your chances in life decided by where you are born and who are you born to. * QLD [PRINT], Courier Mail, [AUDIENCE: 166,502, ASR: AUD 4,686] *