Rigged

How networks of powerful mates rip off everyday Australians

Paul Frijters, Cameron K. Murray

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Allen & Unwin
02 August 2022

Ethical issues & debates; Political economy; Australian Society

'This book will open your eyes to how Australia really works. It's not good news, but you need to know it.' - Ross Gittins

'You'll be shocked at how far the Mates have their hand in your pocket.' - Nicholas Gruen

Australia has become one of the most unequal societies in the Western world, when just a generation ago it was one of the most equal. This is the story of how networks of Mates have come to dominate business and government, robbing ordinary Australians.

Every hour you work, thirty minutes of it goes to line the Mates' pockets rather than your own. Mates in big corporations, industry groups, government departments, the halls of parliament and the media skew the

system to suit each other. Corporations dodge taxes, so you pay more. You pay more for your house and higher interest rates on your mortgage, more for your medicines and transport, and more for your children's education and insurance, because the Mates take a cut.

Rigged uncovers the pattern of political favours, grey gifts and information-sharing that has been allowed to build up over two decades. Drawing on extensive economic research, it exposes the Game of Mates as nothing less than cronyism on a grand scale across Australia and how we have fallen behind other countries in combating it.

By: Paul Frijters, Cameron K. Murray
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
Weight: 362g
ISBN: 9781761067662
ISBN 10: 1761067664
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 02 August 2022
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Cameron K. Murray is a Research Fellow in the Henry Halloran Trust at the University of Sydney and an economist specialising in property and urban development, environmental economics, rent-seeking and corruption. Professor Paul Frijters is at the London School of Economics and was previously Professor of Health Economics at the University of Queensland.