First Abolish The Customer – Bob Ellis

A polemic against “economic rationalism” – i.e. modern post-Thatcherite capitalism – isn’t my usual choice of relaxation reading but this was lent to me so I gave it a go. Being an old-fashioned leftie, I was sympathetic to most of the arguments offered and the Australian perspective was interesting. The whole thing was rather undermined, though, by a failure to fully engage with any counter-arguments and a tendency to highlight personal bugbears like the cancellation of a Sydney-Gold Coast sleeper service.