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Major changes of direction that affect whole societies occur very rarely. We are on the cusp of an epochal change which promises to transform the world as we have known it. The building blocks of this change have been put in place over the past decade. Cheryl Kernot's lead essay explores what this may mean for the future.

(Paperback, 25th edition)

The global financial crisis is different to other recessions. It challenges many economic fundamentals. Its resolution will fundamentally change the world and the way business is done. After the Crisis projects this new future, analyses the causes and historical parallels, and examines the limits of growth.

(Paperback, 26th edition)

Stories for Today features new fiction by writers who make sense of Australia as it is now, in a borderless, globalised world balanced between crisis and opportunity. Voices from home and the Australian diaspora explore the effects of migration, easy movement, pandemics, recession, connection with Asia, the service economy and more.

(Paperback, 27th edition)

Food prices are rising, droughts and storms are affecting farmers and the global model of food production is under challenge. Policies to reduce the impact of climate change will have a profound impact on food supply around the world. Food Chain explores the dimension of this looming problem, and our complex relationship with food.

(Paperback, 28th edition)

Is Australia still the Lucky Country This edition explores Australia now - the sources of power, influence and fragility. As the economic balance of power shifts in the Asia Pacific and leaders consider the new carbonless economy, change is inevitable. What do we want Australia to be like in this new world It is time to again learn from the past.

(Paperback, 29th edition)

If Australia's population is to almost double by 2050, we face extraordinary challenges - economic, social and environmental. Coping with this growth demands visionary planning and insights from the rich history of immigration. Prosper or Perish investigates ways to find a balance between growth, diversity and sustainability in a shrinking world.

(Paperback, 31st edition)

We need a human-centred approach to our understanding of the complexity of systems - the flow of materials through economies, the flow of data from lab to laptop, the flow of ideas. Ways of Seeing explores the gaps, reinvigorating our curiosity and our desire for exploration.

(Paperback, 32nd edition)

Anyone who has attempted a crossword puzzle understands wicked problems. One wrong letter and the whole solution collapses, elegance becomes a mess. So too in life: complexity makes systems less robust. Solutions are rarely linear, wicked problems have no preordained solution. This edition addresses diverse wicked problems and exquisite dilemmas.

(Paperback, 34th edition)

(Paperback, 35th edition)

(Paperback, 36th edition)

It is time to revive the debate about national identity. The cliches of old have long exceeded their use-by date. This is a trying time of global transition and uncertainty, for societies and for individuals. Yet it is also a time when Australia has remarkable advantages - advantages it must build on if the nation is to prosper.