What Would Adam Smith Make of Modern Australia?: How lessons from the past provide answers for a better...

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Joseph Healy

What Would Adam Smith Make of Modern Australia?

How lessons from the past provide answers for a better future

Joseph Healy

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Major Street Publishing
29 July 2025

Politics & government; Economics & Business; Economics; Behavioural economics

Who was Adam Smith?

You would think that English 18th-Century writer, intellectual,

Father of

Economics

and

Father of Capitalism , Adam Smith would have lost relevance in our modern society. Quite the opposite, according to Joseph Healy, who believes there is much to learn from Adam Smith, if we are to strive for a more equitable, productive and happier society.

Australia today is prosperous by many traditional economic measures yet getting progressively poorer by other measures of what constitutes a vibrant, healthy and good society. And the direction of travel is concerning. Australia s economic pie (GDP) might be growing, but too many people are getting smaller and smaller pieces of it, and a handful are getting far more than they can possibly eat.

This thought-provoking book explores how our economic progress seems inversely correlated to a decline in important measures of societal wellbeing, such as the alarming increase in family dysfunctionality, domestic violence, the scale and scope of mental health-associated problems and a persistently deteriorating trend in baseline education. In many ways, Australia is becoming a divided society, and this is a serious trajectory if not addressed and corrected.

With historical and recent references, Healy has written an important and engaging discourse for readers keen to understand where our society can improve and how we can assist.

By: Joseph Healy
Imprint: Major Street Publishing
Country of Publication: Australia
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781923186330
ISBN 10: 1923186337
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 29 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Joseph Healy is a career international banker and entrepreneur. He was a co-founder and CEO of Judo Bank, a bank created to serve the needs of the SME economy the baker, the butcher, and the brewer. He is also a co-founder and Executive Chairman of Malu Health Group, which specialises in mental health. Joseph holds six master s degrees in subjects covering financial economics, business studies, Chinese studies, and the psychology and neuroscience of mental health. This is his fifth book.