I’ve often seen Quarterly Essay in bookshops but never gone there before. There was a lot of hoo-haa last year when David Marr released his discussing something about John Howard spin, lack of truth blah blah. I never did pick it up because Marr’s politics do lean to the left and I figured it would be a Howard-bash in an election year.
Although, the latest one, Love and Money, authored by Anne Manne caught my interest. The good thing about the Quarterly Essay is that it’s a relatively short but informative read. At the conclusion of this particular one, I feel much more up to date about the likes of child care in the current day and age and some of the dilemmas faced by parents. Drawing on a number of reputable sources Manne presents an easy to read essay with recommendations that don’t seem like brain surgery although do seem to present a logistical obstacle course.
I can see alternate points of view to those of Manne although she raises valid points.
