The power of economic ideas the origins of Keynesian macroeconomic management in interwar Australia 1929-39
This book is about a transformation in Australian economists' thought and ideas during the interwar period. It focuses upon the interplay between economic ideas, players and policy sometimes in the public arena.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Canberra, Australia :
ANU Press
[2010]
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423716806719 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Lists of abbreviations; A word on the artwork; Preface; 1. The triumph of the economists?; Part I. Backing into the Limelight: the Interwar Australian Economics Profession; 2. Economic ideas and an assessment of Australian economists in the 1930s; 3. The Australian economy during the Depression decade; 4. The interwar Australian economics profession; Part II. Triumph and Tribulation; 5. The Premiers' Plan and the economists; 6. The agonistes of the economists, 1931-1932; 7. The Australian recovery, 1933-1936; Part III. The March of Keynesian Ideas
- 8. The Royal Commission on Monetary and Banking Systems9. Australia, 1936-1938: the nascent Keynesian state?; 10. The economics of near-war; Dramatis personae; Bibliography
