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In the decades after World War II, inflation undermined the aspiration for full employment in Australia. This book tells the story of how the Australian state was shaped by the confrontation with monetary instability: a pre-history of neoliberalism.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Inflation, the State and Economic Policy
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The Long 1970s
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
“The essential facts about the rise and fall of inflation are discussed and the related literature is reviewed. These aspects of the book are generally well done, … book aimed at attracting the attention of a wider audience: … .” (Selwyn Cornish, Economic Record, Vol. 93 (300), March, 2017)
“This is a scholarly and in many respects impressive book, derived from the author’s doctoral thesis. … Read as a set of essays on the relationship between contemporary economic ideas and macroeconomic policy-making in Australia between the 1940s and the 1980s, this book makes a strong contribution to historical literature.” (John Singleton, Australian Historical Studies, Vol. 48 (1), February, 2017)
“This is a scholarly and in many respects impressive book, derived from the author’s doctoral thesis. … Read as a set of essays on the relationship between contemporary economic ideas and macroeconomic policy-making in Australia between the 1940s and the 1980s, this book makes a strong contribution to historical literature.” (John Singleton, Australian Historical Studies, Vol. 48 (1), February, 2017)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Michael Beggs is a Lecturer in Political Economy at the University of Sydney, Australia, where he works on the history of monetary thought and policy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Inflation and the Making of Australian Macroeconomic Policy, 1945–85
Authors: Michael Beggs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137265975
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Michael Beggs 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-26596-8Published: 02 September 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-26597-5Published: 01 September 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 325
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations
Topics: Economic Policy, Economic History, International Economics, Labor Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Public Policy