Alex Millmow

A History of Australasian Economic Thought (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explains how Australian and New Zealand economists exerted influence on economic thought and contributed to the economic life of their respective countries in the twentieth century. Besides surveying theorists and innovators, this book also considers some of the key expositors and builders of the academic economics profession in both countries. The book covers key economic events including the Great Depression, the Second World War the post-war boom and the great inflation that overtook it and, lastly, the economic reform programs that both Australia and New Zealand undertook in the 1980s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317506133
• Artikelnr.: 48787092

Autorenporträt

Alex Millmow is Associate Professor in economics at the Federation Business School, Federation University, Australia. He is also the President of the History of Economic thought Society of Australia. Alex's research interests include the making of the Australian economics profession and the role of economic ideas in steering public policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Setting the Scene
2. The Professionalization of Australasian Economics
3. The Practical Utopia of Economics
4. Ordeal by Fire: Australasian Economists and the Great Depression
5. How Keynes came to Australasia
6. War, Reconstruction and Economic Theory
7. A Coming of Age for Australasian Economics
8. The Flowering of Australasian Economics
9. Hardly the Age of Aquarius
10. The Age of Economic Reform
11. Australasian Economics at Century's End