Author: N. G. Butlin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107633958
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 503
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Originally published in 1964, this book presents a study of domestic capital formation in Australia from 1860 to 1900, a period of vigorous economic expansion. The text is divided into four main parts: the first discusses the conditions of Australian economic growth; the second is a historical analysis of private investment; the third studies investment in communications in relation to the public sector; the fourth investigates structural readjustment in the light of the end of expansion. Illustrative figures and numerous tables are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Australian history and the development of the Australian economy.
Author: Heinz Wolfgang Arndt
Publisher: Melbourne ; Canberra [etc.] : Cheshire
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Author: A.I.D.A., Australian Industries Development Association
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Languages : en
Pages : 53
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Author: Australian Industries Development Association
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Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 53
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Author: Australia. Bureau of Industry Economics
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Author: Ian W. McLean
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691171335
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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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. Why Australia Prospered is a fascinating historical examination of how Australia cultivated and sustained economic growth and success. Beginning with the Aboriginal economy at the end of the eighteenth century, Ian McLean argues that Australia's remarkable prosperity across nearly two centuries was reached and maintained by several shifting factors. These included imperial policies, favorable demographic characteristics, natural resource abundance, institutional adaptability and innovation, and growth-enhancing policy responses to major economic shocks, such as war, depression, and resource discoveries. Natural resource abundance in Australia played a prominent role in some periods and faded during others, but overall, and contrary to the conventional view of economists, it was a blessing rather than a curse. McLean shows that Australia's location was not a hindrance when the international economy was centered in the North Atlantic, and became a positive influence following Asia's modernization. Participation in the world trading system, when it flourished, brought significant benefits, and during the interwar period when it did not, Australia's protection of domestic manufacturing did not significantly stall growth. McLean also considers how the country's notorious origins as a convict settlement positively influenced early productivity levels, and how British imperial policies enhanced prosperity during the colonial period. He looks at Australia's recent resource-based prosperity in historical perspective, and reveals striking elements of continuity that have underpinned the evolution of the country's economy since the nineteenth century.
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Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Author: Alan George Lewers Shaw
Publisher: Melbourne : Longman Cheshire
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; Washington, D.C. : [sold by] OECD Publications Center
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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