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23%OFFIan W. Mclean - Why Australia Prospered: The Shifting Sources of Economic Growth - 9780691171333 - V9780691171333
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Why Australia Prospered: The Shifting Sources of Economic Growth

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Description for Why Australia Prospered: The Shifting Sources of Economic Growth Paperback. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Condition
New
Weight
438g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691171333
SKU
V9780691171333
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About Ian W. Mclean
Ian W. McLean is a visiting research fellow in economics at the University of Adelaide, where he taught for many years.

Reviews for Why Australia Prospered: The Shifting Sources of Economic Growth
[T]he first major economic history of Australia for 40 years.
Ross Gittins, Sydney Morning Herald [R]emarkable... Why Australia Prospered distills decades of research and teaching to present an account of Australia and its development that is solid, surprising and pertinent to the contemporary debate about the country's future... In his assembly of evidence and his judicious review of the ... Read more

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