For a short time, for a mere three decades, Australia came close to securing the foundations for a truly egalitarian society. Economic historians look back upon this era as "The Golden Age". Full employment was the key to this shared prosperityYet in a shocking betrayal of workers, labour activists abandoned the struggle to eliminate involuntary unemployment. Why? And can we return to a full employment economy? Show Notes The Hawke-Keating Hijack : the ALP in transition, by Dean Jaensch (book) Trove (database)Free, online collections from Australian libraries, universities, museums, galleries and archives. A collaborative effort maintained by the National Library of Australia. Reclaiming the State: A Progressive Vision of Sovereignty for a Post-Neoliberal World (book)by William Mitchell and Thomas Fazi Political Aspects of “Buffer Stock” Employmentby Peter Kriesler & Joseph Halevi, 2016 (article) Modern Monetary Theory - Bill & Warren's excellent adventure (book)by William Mitchell and Warren Mosler The Job Guarantee -- Weakening Worker Power? (article)by Michael Hiscox, Aug 22, 2020Challenge Magazine, The Magazine of the Left of the Australian Labor Party Unionists for a Job Guarantee  UFJG on facebook Theme Music Pleading Ignorance, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck Additional Audio Too Many Things, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck