On Life's Lottery

by Glyn Davis

Birth is a throw of the dice. The consequences last a lifetime. We like to think of Australia as the land of the 'fair go', a land of choice and equal opportunity. But behind the facade of meritocracy lies an uncomfortable truth: much of your life is already decided by the lottery of where you are born and who you are born to. Entrenched inter-generational poverty, like the property of the wealthy, can be handed down from parent to child. With one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0733646514
• ISBN13: 9780733646515
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Hachette Australia
• Length: 80 Pages