The Best Australian Business Writing 2012

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Have Baby Boomers been forced back to work since the GFC Why do we rely on the arbitrary and illusory numbers of double-entry book-keeping to direct our policies, institutions, economies and societies Will pre-commitment cards for poker machines coerce the addicted gambler to think before he or she acts Is airport security a waste of time and money Not just a series of numbers and facts, good business writing is informative, provocative, funny, even moving. In this first edition of a new annual anthology showcasing the best of Australian business writing, editor Andrew Cornell shows just how good and how important writing about business can be. With a foreword by Reserve Bank board member Dr John Edwards, the anthology includes contributions by Gideon Haigh, Alan Kohler, Judith Brett, Saul Eslake, George Megalogenis and a host of other writers and commentators.

Author Bio

Andrew Cornell is an associate editor, senior writer and columnist with the Australian Financial Review, based in Melbourne. His role covers business, economics and general culture, for the daily newspaper and its magazines, including writing a weekly financial services column. He is the senior staff writer for the AFRs award winning monthly magazine. Cornell is a multi-award winning journalist, having won most recently the 2010 Walkey Award for commentary and analysis. He is a winner of the Citigroup/Columbia University Award for Excellence in Business Journalism for his analysis of Japans economy and the recipient of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trades North Asia Research Scholarship.