Why Australia prospered : the shifting sources of economic growth
McLean, Ian W.2013
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This book is the first comprehensive account of how Australia attained the world's highest living standards within a few decades of European settlement, and how the nation has sustained an enviable level of income to the present. Ian W. McLean is from the University of Adelaide, Australia.
Main title:
Why Australia prospered : the shifting sources of economic growth / Ian W. McLean.
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Imprint:
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2013.Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press, [2013]©2013
Collation:
xiv, 281 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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Notes:
Formerly CIP.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : weaving analysis and narrative -- What is to be explained, and how -- Origins : an economy built from scratch? -- Squatting, colonial autocracy, and imperial policies -- Becoming very rich -- Depression, drought, and federation -- A succession of negative shocks -- The Pacific War and the second golden age -- Shocks, policy shifts, and another long boom -- The shifting bases of prosperity.
ISBN:
9780691154671
Dewey class:
338.994
Language:
English
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BRN:
7408
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