Review

Liz Allen gives Demography a makeover in The Future of Us

By Michael McKernan
August 15 2020 - 12:00am
Allen writes of the 'ovarian lottery' and how luck plays a significant role. Picture: Shutterstock
Allen writes of the 'ovarian lottery' and how luck plays a significant role. Picture: Shutterstock
  • The Future of Us: demography gets a makeover, by Liz Allen. NewSouth. $29.99.

There was a demography department at the ANU which was housed in the same building where I worked in the early 1970s. Some of the demographers had well-deserved international reputations but they seemed like the other academics in the building, reserved, reticent and private about their work.

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