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A legacy of reform

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December 2001–January 2002, no. 237

Richard Downing: Economics, advocacy and social reform in Australia by Nicholas Brown

MUP, 346 pp, $49.95 hb

A legacy of reform

by
December 2001–January 2002, no. 237

‘Dick Downing had a keen sense of what would make Australia a better country – for a strongly welfare minded economist – the knack of being in the right place at the right time.’  Thus Nicholas Brown, in his subtle and intelligent account of one of the shapers of Australia in the twentieth century.

Morag Fraser reviews 'Richard Downing: Economics, advocacy and social reform in Australia' by Nicholas Brown

Richard Downing: Economics, advocacy and social reform in Australia

by Nicholas Brown

MUP, 346 pp, $49.95 hb

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