Arndt's story : the life of an Australian economist

• Autore: Coleman Peter
• Pubblicazione: [Place of publication not identified], : Australian National University E Press, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 pages)
• Disciplina: 332.0994
• Soggetto topico: Economists - Australia; Business & Economics; Economic Theory
• Persona (resp. second.): DrakeP. J; CornishSelwyn
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Arndt's Story -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Note on Sources -- Note on Authors -- Preface -- Prelude -- Part One -- 1. From Kaiser to Hitler -- 2. Oxford Made Him -- 3. Arndt in the Internment Camp -- 4. Chatham House -- Part Two -- 5. Passage to Australia -- 6. The University of Sydney -- 7. Public Intellectual -- 8. Ruth's Trip to Europe -- 9. New Horizons -- 10. Canberra University College -- 11. Canberra -- 12. South Carolina -- 13. Politics -- 14. Economics and Policy -- 15. Geneva -- 16. A New Lease of Intellectual Life -- Part Three -- 17. Economic Development in Practice -- 18. The Department of Economics, RSPS, 1963-80 -- 19. Sukarno's Indonesia -- 20. Suharto's Indonesia -- 21. Other Parts of Asia -- 22. Retirement -- Postlude -- Notes -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The year of Heinz Wolfgang Arndt's birth, 1915, was not a good time for a German boy to be born. His country was soon to be defeated in a great war, his school years were shadowed by the rise of Hitler. Yet when Heinz's long-buried Jewish background led his academic father to lose his chair in chemistry and flee to Oxford, Heinz followed.
• Titolo autorizzato: Arndt's story : the life of an Australian economist
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910169658503321
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