Paul Cleary in his recent book Too Much Luck: The Mining Boom and Australia's Future shows how the resource boom, which seems a blessing, could well become a curse. In his conversation with Nick Feik, Cleary discusses the many potential pitfalls of a rapidly accelerating boom, and the traps that many countries before us have been caught in: a heady period of boom and growth, followed by a painful bust. Paul Cleary maps out the landscape, counts the human and environmental costs, shows what has worked overseas and suggests a better way forward. Melbourne, September 2011
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