We Should Be So Lucky
Why the Australian Way Works
by Andrew Low
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Pub Date Feb 20 2025 | Archive Date Feb 11 2025
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Description
Australians are wealthier, live longer and enjoy better healthcare than almost anyone else in the world. But is it just luck?
In We Should Be So Lucky, Andrew Low uncovers the real secret behind Australia's success. With sharp insight, he shows that the unusual prosperity and quality of life in Australia, often attributed to luck, actually derives from a unique blend of political, social and economic institutions and values that could be replicated by other liberal democracies. The Australian Way works - and contains many crucial lessons for other countries.
Advance Praise
'A most interesting and positive analysis...Highlights the contribution to our country's success of our particular democratic institutions and a market system of openness of Australia to trade, migration and investment.' John Howard, former prime minister of Australia
'What makes Australia so special, and what we need to guard against.' Lucy Hughes Turnbull, former lord mayor of Sydney
'A brilliantly researched analysis... Likely to do more to transform our self-image than any writing since Horne's The Lucky Country.' Bob Carr, former Australian foreign minister and premier of NSW
'An insightful view of Australia's past successes. More importantly, a way forward for western democracies in the challenging era ahead.' Nick Greiner, former premier of NSW and Australian consul-general New York
'Andrew Low delivers a giant positive reality check to the endless stream of negativity in electronic and social media.' Lindsay Tanner, former Australian minister for finance
'Perceptive and pertinent, and possibly prescient' Mark Johnson, former deputy chairman, Macquarie Bank
'There are few Australians who understand contemporary Britain better than Andrew Low... We Should Be So Lucky is full of shrewd insight born of long experience.' George Brandis, former Australian high commissioner to the United Kingdom
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781068318603 |
| PRICE | £24.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 308 |
