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Author: Alan Kohler
One of the great mysteries of Australian life is that a country with one of the lowest population densities on the planet has a shortage of land for houses. Sydney is the second most expensive place to buy a house on Earth, after Hong Kong. Things went seriously wrong at the start of the twenty-first century, when there was a huge and permanent rise in the price of housing. In this essay, Alan Kohler tells the story of how we got into this mess – and how we might get out of it.The escalation in house prices is a pain that has altered Australian society; it has increased inequality and profoundly changed the relationship between generations – between those who have a house and those who don't. It has caused a rental crisis, a dearth of public housing and a mortgage crunch."The growth in the value of Australian land has fundamentally changed society, in two ways. First, generations of young Australians are being held back financially by the cost of shelter, especially if they live somewhere near a CBD and especially in Sydney or Melbourne; and second, the way wealth is generated has changed. Education and hard work are no longer the main determinants of how wealthy you are; now it comes down to where you live and what sort of house you inherit from your parents. It means Australia is less of an egalitarian meritocracy." Alan Kohler, The Great Divide
ISBN 9781760644239. Black Inc.. pb. 144 pages. 23.4 x 16.7 cm.
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One of the great mysteries of Australian life is that a country with one of the lowest population densities on the planet has a shortage of land for houses. Sydney is the second most expensive place to buy a house on Earth, after Hong Kong. Things went seriously wrong at the start of the twenty-first century, when there was a huge and permanent rise in the price of housing. In this essay, Alan Kohler tells the story of how we got into this mess – and how we might get out of it.The escalation in house prices is a pain that has altered Australian society; it has increased inequality and profoundly changed the relationship between generations – between those who have a house and those who don't. It has caused a rental crisis, a dearth of public housing and a mortgage crunch."The growth in the value of Australian land has fundamentally changed society, in two ways. First, generations of young Australians are being held back financially by the cost of shelter, especially if they live somewhere near a CBD and especially in Sydney or Melbourne; and second, the way wealth is generated has changed. Education and hard work are no longer the main determinants of how wealthy you are; now it comes down to where you live and what sort of house you inherit from your parents. It means Australia is less of an egalitarian meritocracy." Alan Kohler, The Great Divide
ISBN 9781760644239. Black Inc.. pb. 144 pages. 23.4 x 16.7 cm.
available