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008 120227s2013 nju b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780691154671 (hardcover)
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050 00 $aHD82$b.M3345 2013
082 00 $a338.994$223
100 1 $aMcLean, Ian W.
245 10 $aWhy Australia prospered :$bthe shifting sources of economic growth /$cIan W. McLean.
260 $aPrinceton, NJ :$bPrinceton University Press,$c2013.
263 $a1210
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aThe Princeton economic history of the Western world
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPreface and acknowledgments -- Map -- Introduction : weaving analysis and narrative -- What is to be explained, and how comparative levels of gdp per capita -booms, busts, and stagnation in domestic prosperity -- Origins : an economy built from scratch? -- Squatting, colonial autocracy, and imperial policies -- Becoming very rich -- Depression, drought, and federation -- A succession of negative shocks -- The pacific war and the second golden age -- Shocks, policy shifts, and another long boom -- The shifting bases of prosperity -- References -- Index.
650 0 $aEconomic development$zAustralia.
651 0 $aAustralia$xEconomic policy$y21st century.