Think About It 084: DONALD HORNE

 

Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second-rate people who share its luck… It lives on other people's ideas, and, although its ordinary people are adaptable, most of its leaders [in all fields] so lack curiosity about the events that surround them that they are often taken by surprise.

 

The Lucky Country (1964)

 

 

 

 

 

Use the link below to read about the life, work and political legacy of Australian journalist and sociologist DONALD HORNE (1921–2005):

 

 

https://theconversation.com/donald-hornes-lucky-country-and-the-decline-of-the-public-intellectual-80743

 

 

 

 

 

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