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A History of Australian Economic Thought

  • Published: 1990
  • DOI: 10.4324/9781315823379
  • Print ISBN: 9780415609135
  • eBook ISBN: 9781315823379

First published in 1990, this book presents an original and comprehensive overview of Australian economic thought. The authors stress, by way of introduction, the many important innovative contributions Australian economists have made to thought worldwide. As the argument develops, the work of major figures is discussed in detail in addition to the role of different journals and economic societies.

Contents

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    Front Matter
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    1
    Is there an Australian economics?
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    Rude beginnings: nineteenth century popular political economy
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    Early developments at the university: academics and economics 1850–1925
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    4
    The Australian Economist –98
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    A nation of statisticians
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    Economists in the 1920s and 1930s the Golden Age of Australian economics?
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    An old tradition: heretics, cranks and “gifted amateurs”
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    Professionalisation and Americanisation: Australian university economics, 1950 and beyond
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    Non-academic Australian economics: the influence of economist-advisers
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    Conclusions: can Australian economics survive the twentieth century?
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    Back Matter