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Abandoning Keynes

Australia’s Capital Mistake

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. Tim Battin

    1. University of New England, Armidale, Australia

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

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      Pages 1-11

  3. Historical and Theoretical Matters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Keynesian Ideas, Keynesianism and Keynesian Social Democracy

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      Pages 15-31

    3. The Initial Embrace of Keynesianism in Australia

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      Pages 33-51

    4. Australian Keynesianism in the 1950s and 1960s

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      Pages 53-77

  4. The Breakdown of the Keynesian Consensus, 1972–92

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. The 1970s, and the Whitlam and Fraser Periods

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      Pages 81-106

    3. The Hawke Years and the End of Keynesian Beliefs

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      Pages 107-120

  5. Keynesianism and its Critics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. The Political Economy of Wages, Inflation and Unemployment

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      Pages 123-152

    3. Public Expenditure and the Growth of Welfare

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      Pages 153-185

  6. Proposing an Alternative Explanation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. The Place of Institutions

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      Pages 189-209

    3. The Role of Interests and Ideas in Policy Change

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      Pages 211-240

    4. Conclusion

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      Pages 241-248

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 249-300
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This analysis proposes a political explanation for the breakdown of Keynesian full employment in Australia. It taps into the current literature that examines the role of economic interests, ideas, and institutions, and, by taking issue with the arguments of anti-Keynesian economists, the book carries the argument that there was and is nothing inherently contradictory about Keynesian theory or much of its practice. Keynesianism, its imperfections notwithstanding, was overturned because of a powerful alliance of interests and ideas.

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'A convincing and comprehensive account of the success and ultimate failure of Keynesianism in Australia ... Essential reading, not only for other doughty fighters but for skeptics and critics as well' - G.C. Harcourt

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  • University of New England, Armidale, Australia

    Tim Battin

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