The Power of Economic Ideas. The origins of Keynesian macroeconomic management in interwar Australia 1929–39

Abstract

This book, stemming from doctoral studies undertaken at The Australian National University, has been long in the making. First and foremost, I wish to thank my doctoral supervisor, Selwyn Cornish, for providing the leadership and inspiration for this path-breaking study. We have had countless meetings going through the ambition and rationale of this study. No-one could ask for a better, more considerate and, I must add, patient supervisor. When we first agreed on the scope of this study, I circulated an exploratory chapter to those with some expertise in the area: