Australia's economy in its international context : : the Joseph Fisher lectures. / Volume 1, : 1904-1954 / / edited by Kym Anderson.

• Superior document: Joseph Fisher lecture in commerce
• Author: University of Adelaide
• TeilnehmendeR: Anderson, Kym,; University of Adelaide
• Place / Publishing House: Adelaide : : The University of Adelaide Press,, 2009.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: Revised edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Joseph Fisher lecture in commerce.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xlii, 716 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 May 2016).
• Other title: 1904 -1954 --; List of lectures in volume 2 (1956-2009) --; Contributors to opening chapters --; The benefactor Joseph Fisher --; Extract from Joseph Fisher -- A Pioneer Colonist /; The lectures /; The lecturers /; 1904 -- Commercial education /; 1906 -- Commercial character /; 1908 -- The influence of commerce on civilization /; 1910 -- Banking as a factor in the development of trade and commerce /; 1912 -- Australian company law, and some sidelights on modern commerce /; 1914 -- Problems of transportation, and their relation to Australian trade and commerce /; 1917 -- War finance: Loans, paper money and taxation /; 1919 -- The humanizing of commerce and industry /; 1921 -- Currency and prices in Australia /; 1923 -- Money, credit and exchange /; 1925 -- The Guilds /; 1927 -- The financial and economic position of Australia /; 1929 -- Public finance in relation to commerce /; 1930 -- Current problems in international finance /; 1932 -- Australia's share in international recovery /; 1934 -- Gold standard or goods standard /; 1936 -- Some economic effects of the Australian tariff /; 1938 -- Australian economic progress against a world background /; 1940 -- Economic coordination /; 1942 -- The Australian economy during War /; 1942 -- Problems of a high employment economy /; 1946 -- Necessary principles for satisfactory agricultural development in Australia /; 1948 -- The importance of the iron and steel industry /; 1950 -- The economic consequences of scientific research /; 1952 -- Australian agricultural policy /; 1954 -- The economics of Federal-State finance /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 098067235X
• Access: Open access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Kym Anderson.

This two-volume collection brings together the first 53 Joseph Fisher Lectures in economics and commerce, presented at the Adelaide University every other year since 1904. The Lectures address a wide range of Australian economic issues, in addition to some international economic issues of national significance.