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).

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.

Table of Contents

Volume 1 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 / F.R. Fisher -- The lectures / Kym Anderson -- The lecturers / Kym Anderson and Keith Hancock -- 1904 -- Commercial education / Henry G. Turner -- 1906 -- Commercial character / Lewis A. Jessop -- 1908 -- The influence of commerce on civilization / J. Currie Elles -- 1910 -- Banking as a factor in the development of trade and commerce / J. Russell French -- 1912 -- Australian company law, and some sidelights on modern commerce / Henry Y. Braddon -- 1914 -- Problems of transportation, and their relation to Australian trade and commerce / David J. Gordon -- 1917 -- War finance: Loans, paper money and taxation / Robert F. Irvine -- 1919 -- The humanizing of commerce and industry / Gerald Mussen -- 1921 -- Currency and prices in Australia / Douglas B. Copland -- 1923 -- Money, credit and exchange / J. Russell Butchart -- 1925 -- The Guilds / Henry Y. Braddon -- 1927 -- The financial and economic position of Australia / Stanley M. Bruce -- 1929 -- Public finance in relation to commerce / Richard C. Mills -- 1930 -- Current problems in international finance / Theodore E.G. Gregory -- 1932 -- Australia's share in international recovery / Alfred C. Davidson -- 1934 -- Gold standard or goods standard / Leslie G. Melville -- 1936 -- Some economic effects of the Australian tariff / Lyndhurst F. Giblin -- 1938 -- Australian economic progress against a world background / Colin Clark -- 1940 -- Economic coordination / Roland Wilson -- 1942 -- The Australian economy during War / Robert G. Menzies -- 1942 -- Problems of a high employment economy / H.C. Coombs -- 1946 -- Necessary principles for satisfactory agricultural development in Australia / S.M. Wadham -- 1948 -- The importance of the iron and steel industry / Essington Lewis -- 1950 -- The economic consequences of scientific research / John B. Condliffe -- 1952 -- Australian agricultural policy / John G. Crawford -- 1954 -- The economics of Federal-State finance / Wilfred Prest.