A history of Australian economic thought
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A history of Australian economic thought
（Routledge history of economic thought series）
Routledge, 1990
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-265) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book presents an original and comprehensive overview of Australian economic thought. The authors stress, by way of introduction, the many contributions Australian economists have made to thought worldwide. They have contributed in particular to debates on land questions, economic development, taxation, protection and federation. Significantly, they have also made pioneering contributions in national income accounting and government statistics. As the argument develops, the work of major figures is discussed in detail in addition to the role of different journals and economics societies. Besides academic economists, it covers economists working within the government service and as advisers in private-sector companies. The contributions of this latter group were particularly significant in the 19th century before economics became an established academic discipline.
Table of Contents
- Is there Australian economics?
- rude beginnings - 19th-century popular political economy
- early developments at the university - academics and economics 1850 to 1925
- the Australian econnomist 1888 to 1898
- a nation of statisticians
- economists in the 1920s and 1930s - the golden age of Australian economics?
- an old tradition - heretics, cranks and "gifted amateurs"
- professionalization and Americanization, Australian university economics - 1950 and beyond
- non-academic Australian economics - the influence of economist-advisors
- conclusions - can Australian economics survive the 20th century?
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