From Curtin to Keating: the 1945 and 1994 White Papers on Employment: a better environment for human and economic diversity?

Abstract

This short paper provides a brief background to the 1945 White Paper and evaluate its assumptions, shortcomings and successes (The White paper itself is included as there are so few copies available). Nugget also questions many of today’s political and industrial strategies that form the basis of the recent Keating Government’s paper on employment. In particular he questions the assumptions that economic growth and the ‘market’ will lead to growth in employment and a decent livelihood or most Australians. Show more