Why Australia prospered : the shifting sources of economic growth /
McLean, Ian W.
Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press,
c2013.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface 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.
Economic development