A History of Australasian Economic Thought

ISBN-13: 9780367872694 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 250 str.

Alex Millmow

Opis

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 c

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.