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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137455503321

Autore

Coleman William <1959->

Titolo

Giblin's platoon : the trials and triumph of the economist in Australian public life / / William Coleman, Selwyn Cornish, Alfred Haggar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, : ANU Press, 2006

Canberra, Australia : , : ANU E Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-920942-50-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

330.994

Soggetti

Economists - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

This book tells the story of four men - L.F.Giblin, J.B. Brigden, D.B.Copland, and Roland Wilson - who, in 1920s Tasmania, formed a personal and intellectual bond that was to prove a pivot of economic thought, policy-making and institution-building in mid-century Australia.