Bücher von David Stevens

Dignity and Prosperity - The Future of Liberal Australia brings together, for the first time, Australia's leading liberal luminaries or 'grandees' in one place for the purpose of reigniting a renaissance of the Liberal cause.The distinguished contributors all have extensive experience in their respective fields, and now bring their expertise, knowledge, and insight to design a policy program based around the core values of liberalism - personal autonomy and personal responsibility, free market and entrepreneurship, opportunity and security, limited government and sound fiscal and economic management. They know that a strong economy leads to strong finances, which in turn provide for strong national defence and together create the foundations for a strong civic society. This is the virtue of a successful liberal democracy.ContentsForeword: The foundations of Australia's liberal democracyDavid StevensAcknowledgments 1: Enduring liberal principles for successful governmentJohn Howard OM AC2: The continuing relevance of Menzies's liberal legacyGeorgina Downer3: Stronger Regions, Stronger NationJohn Anderson AC4: Achieving human dignity: challenges to liberalismDavid Kemp AC5: Lessons for liberals from the AnglosphereTom Switzer6: Liberal party foreign policyAlexander Downer AC7: Why debt and deficit matter: Building an opportunitysociety requires ethical budgetingRod Kemp AM8: The role and size of governmentNick Minchin AO9: National prosperity and global competitivenessHugh Morgan AO with David Stevens10: Reforming Industrial RelationsJudith Sloan11: Climate, energy and the new forgotten peopleDaniel Wild12: Freedom of speech and diversity of expressionRichard Alston AO13: Fixing our education failuresJohn RoskamAfterword:Tony Abbott ACDavid Stevens has spent the last 30 years leading major strategy and policy reform projects for public and private sector clients across the globe. He worked for Prime Minister Howard in the 1990s. David lives on the Gold Coast. He is a lifelong liberal.

A hit Off Broadway and later a film starring Russell Crowe, this play by gifted Australian writer David Stevens explores the volatile relationship between an aging widower and his gay son. After meeting in a local pub, Jeff and a young gardener, Greg, hit it off and begin to date. When he meets Jeff 's stubborn, opinionated dad, however, Greg begins to back off. Meanwhile, Dad also has a new flame: a woman he met through a dating service. Put off by Jeff 's homosexuality, prosaic Joyce, too, pul

David Stevens is a retired professor and attorney. This Memoir is a compilation of his blogs from 2009 to 2021. While not a complete autobiography, it presents a coherent picture of his life and family. As a secular Jew turned atheist, Stevens participates in both the alienation and integration of his people. While he could be said to have participated in the American Dream, rising from the working poor to the upper middle class through education, he also feels elements of an American nightmare, having been affected by alcoholism and domestic abuse. From the title essay: "My maternal grandmother, Etta Felger Brock, was born in Ukraine in 1905. Over the next ten years her entire family emigrated to America, eventually settling in Milwaukee. Her father, David Felger, went first alone in 1910. Etta's older sisters Fannie and Rose went next in 1913. In 1914 her mother Sylvia Stelnick Felger followed with Etta, her younger sister Katie, and her younger brother Morey (Moishe). They spoke mostly Yiddish at home, although they naturally spoke Ukrainian. They were close enough to Poland that they spoke fluent Polish as well. For political reasons they felt it wise also to speak Russian. In the long run it was a very good thing they left when they did; following World War II there were no Jews left alive in their village (Ustylúh), including the relatives who died because they would not or could not leave. In my imagination it looks like the end of 'Fiddler on the Roof', although I doubt there was any musical accompaniment or any turntable."