LA TROBE UNIVERSITY PRESS MEDIA RELEASE Reset Restoring after the Pandemic Recession Ross Garnaut

From the bestselling author, a ground- breaking sequel to Superpower.

In Reset, renowned economist Ross Garnaut shows how the COVID-19 crisis offers Australia the opportunity to reset its economy and build a successful future – and why the old approaches will not work.

Garnaut develops the idea of a renewable superpower, he calls for a basic income and he explores what the ‘decoupling’ of and America will mean for Australia.

In the wake of COVID-19, the world has entered its deepest recession since the 1930s. Shocks of this Release date: Monday, 22 February 2021 (DAILY) magnitude throw history from its established course – AU RRP: $32.99 NZ RRP: $37.00 either for good or evil. In 1942 – in the depths ISBN: 9781760642822 of war – the established a Imprint: La Trobe University Press Department of Post-War Reconstruction to plan Format: Paperback a future that not only restored existing strengths but Size: C (234 x 153mm) also rebuilt the country for a new and better future. Extent: 368pp As we strive to overcome the coronavirus challenge, Subject: Politics & Government; Economics; we need new, practical ideas to restore Australia. Society & Culture This book has them. Embargo: ROSS GARNAUT is the professorial research fellow in Monday, 22 February 2021 economics at the . In 2008, he produced the Garnaut Climate Change Review for the Media enquiries: Australian government. He is the author of many books, Anna Lensky including the bestselling Dog Days and Superpower. [email protected] 0425 766 780

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