Why Australia Prospered: The Shifting Sources of Economic Growth

by Ian W. McLean

Book Overview

This book is the first comprehensive account of how Australia attained the world's highest living standards within a few decades of European settlement, and how the nation has sustained an enviable level of income to the present. Why Australia Prospered is a fascinating historical examination of how Australia cultivated and sustained economic growth and success. Beginning with the Aboriginal economy at the end of the eighteenth century,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691154678
• ISBN13: 9780691154671
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"