Australia's economy in its international context : the Joseph Fisher lectures . Volume 1 1904-1954 / / edited by Kym Anderson [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910133688803321
• Autore: Anderson Kym
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: University of Adelaide Press, 2009; Adelaide : , : The University of Adelaide Press, , 2009
• ISBN: 0-9806723-5-X
• Edizione: [Revised edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xlii, 716 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Joseph Fisher lecture in commerce
• Disciplina: 337.94
• Soggetti: International economic relations; Australia Commercial policy; Australia Foreign economic relations; Australia Economic conditions 20th century; Australia Economic policy 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 May 2016).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. The Lectures address a wide range of Australian economic issues, in addition to some international economic issues of national significance.