• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Australia's economy in its international context : the Joseph Fisher lectures
  • Contains: Volume 1 ; 1904 -1954 -- ; List of lectures in volume 2 (1956-2009) -- ; Contributors to opening chapters -- ; The benefactor Joseph Fisher -- ; Extract from Joseph Fisher -- A Pioneer Colonist / F.R. Fisher --
    Volume 2 ; 1956 -- 2012 -- ; The benefactor Joseph Fisher -- ; Extract from Joseph Fisher -- A Pioneer Colonist / F.R. Fisher --
    The lectures / Kym Anderson --
    The lecturers / Kym Anderson and Keith Hancock --
    1904 -- Commercial education / Henry G. Turner --
    1906 -- Commercial character / Lewis A. Jessop --
    1908 -- The influence of commerce on civilization / J. Currie Elles --
    1910 -- Banking as a factor in the development of trade and commerce / J. Russell French --
    1912 -- Australian company law, and some sidelights on modern commerce / Henry Y. Braddon --
    1914 -- Problems of transportation, and their relation to Australian trade and commerce / David J. Gordon --
    1917 -- War finance: Loans, paper money and taxation / Robert F. Irvine --
    1919 -- The humanizing of commerce and industry / Gerald Mussen --
    1921 -- Currency and prices in Australia / Douglas B. Copland --
    1923 -- Money, credit and exchange / J. Russell Butchart --
    1925 -- The Guilds / Henry Y. Braddon --
    1927 -- The financial and economic position of Australia / Stanley M. Bruce --
    1929 -- Public finance in relation to commerce / Richard C. Mills --
    1930 -- Current problems in international finance / Theodore E.G. Gregory --
    1932 -- Australia's share in international recovery / Alfred C. Davidson --
    1934 -- Gold standard or goods standard / Leslie G. Melville --
    1936 -- Some economic effects of the Australian tariff / Lyndhurst F. Giblin --
    1938 -- Australian economic progress against a world background / Colin Clark --
    1940 -- Economic coordination / Roland Wilson --
    1942 -- The Australian economy during War / Robert G. Menzies --
    1942 -- Problems of a high employment economy / H.C. Coombs --
    1946 -- Necessary principles for satisfactory agricultural development in Australia / S.M. Wadham --
    1948 -- The importance of the iron and steel industry / Essington Lewis --
    1950 -- The economic consequences of scientific research / John B. Condliffe --
    1952 -- Australian agricultural policy / John G. Crawford --
    1954 -- The economics of Federal-State finance / Wilfred Prest
    The Lectures / Kym Anderson --
    The lecturers / Kym Anderson and Keith Hancock --
    1956 -- Japan and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade / James E. Meade --
    1958 -- National superannuation: Means test or contributions? / Richard I. Downing --
    1960 -- Mass entertainment: The origins of a modern industry / Asa Briggs --
    1962 -- Industrial research and economic growth in Australia / Bruce R. Williams --
    1964 -- Australian foreign aid policy / Heinz W. Arnd --
    1967 -- Australian tariff policy / W. Max Corden --
    1969 -- Balancing external payments / adjusting domestic income
    1971 -- Income inflation in Australia / Ronald F. Henderson --
    1974 -- Political economy and the problems of our times: In defence of general economics / John Vaizey --
    1976 -- Comparing the Industries Assistance Commission and Jackson Committee approaches to industrial development / G. Alf Rattigan --
    1978 -- Australian economics, 1967 to 1977 / Fred H. Gruen --
    1981 -- Work and welfare in the years ahead / Robert G. Gregory --
    1985 -- Japan faces affluence / Martin Bronfenbrenner --
    1986 -- What do we really know about monetary policy? / David Laidler --
    1988 -- Pacific challenges to the United States / Paul R. Krugman --
    1993 -- How convincing is the evidence linking education and income? / Orley Ashenfelter --
    1994 -- The role of the NAFTA debate in US trade policy / Anne O. Krueger --
    1995 -- Protection and liberalization in Australia and abroad / W. Max Corden --
    1996 -- Population, food and trade / D. Gale Johnson --
    1997 -- Strengthening intellectual property rights in Asia: Implications for Australia / Keith E. Maskus --
    1999 -- Human behaviour and the transmission of infectious disease: An economist's perspective / Mark Gersovitz --
    2001- Public policy and higher education / Peter H. Karmel --
    2002 -- The role of natural resources in economic development / Edward B. Barbier --
    2003 -- Globalization / Mike Moore --
    2006 -- Paying for the past: Economics, cultural heritage, and public policy / C. David Throsby --
    2008 -- Globalization and the Great Divergence in the long run / Jeffrey G. Williamson --
    2009 -- Globalization and the environment / Brian R. Copeland --
    2010 -- Exploring the mysteries of trends and bubbles / Peter C.B. Phillips --
    2011 -- Can Asia grow fast on its own? The economics of the dynamic middle / Peter A. Petri --
    2012 -- Multinational corporations and development: Changing perceptions / Jagdish N. Bhagwati
  • Contributor: Anderson, Kym [Other]
  • Published: Adelaide: University of Adelaide Press, 2009
  • Issue: Rev. ed
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (2 volumes)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9780980672343; 9780980672374; 0980672376; 9780980672350; 098067235X; 9780980672367; 9780980672343
  • Keywords: International economic relations ; Commercial policy ; Economic history ; Economic policy ; Australia ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; International ; Economics ; Australia Foreign economic relations ; Australia Commercial policy ; Australia Economic policy 20th century ; Australia Economic conditions 20th century ; Electronic books
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  • Footnote: "This two-volume collection brings together the first 48 Joseph Fisher lectures in economics and commerce, presented at the Adelaide University every other year since 1904"--Preface
    Includes bibliographical references
    Title from PDF title pages
  • Description: "This two-volume collection brings together the first 53 Joseph Fisher Lectures in economics and commerce, presented at the Adelaide University every other year since 1904. Funds for the Lectures, together with a medal for the top accounting student each year, were kindly provided by a £1,000 endowment to the University by the prominent Adelaide businessman Joseph Fisher in 1903. The Lectures address a wide range of Australian economic issues, in addition to some international economic issues of national significance. They have stood the test of time extremely well, while also providing a reminder of the events and concerns that were prominent at different times during the past century"--Publisher's description

    "This two-volume collection brings together the first 53 Joseph Fisher Lectures in economics and commerce, presented at the Adelaide University every other year since 1904. Funds for the Lectures, together with a medal for the top accounting student each year, were kindly provided by a £1,000 endowment to the University by the prominent Adelaide businessman Joseph Fisher in 1903. The Lectures address a wide range of Australian economic issues, in addition to some international economic issues of national significance. They have stood the test of time extremely well, while also providing a reminder of the events and concerns that were prominent at different times during the past century"--Publisher's description
  • Access State: Open Access