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Inflation and the Making of Australian Macroeconomic Policy, 1945–85

Michael Beggs author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:2nd Sep '15

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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.

“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)

ISBN: 9781137265968

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 5268g

325 pages

1st ed. 2015