Giblin's platoon : the trials and triumph of the economist in Australian public life /

"Around 1920 there formed a friendship of four men who were to be at the heart of Australian economic thought and policy-making over the next 30 years: L.F. Giblin, J.B. Brigden, D.B. Copland and Roland Wilson. This book tells their story. As economists, they were to become key figures in the d...

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Main Author: Coleman, William, 1959-
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Cornish, Selwyn, Hagger, A. J. (Alfred James)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Canberra, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2006.
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