Douglas Copland and the aftershocks of the Premiers' plan, 1931-1938

Title: Douglas Copland and the aftershocks of the Premiers' plan, 1931-1938
Creator: Millmow, Alex
Date: 2011
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/35483
Identifier: vital:5050
Identifier: ISSN:1037-0196
Abstract: In the crucible of the 1930s Douglas Copland became an economist of international repute. In this article I consider some of the professional activities and policy advocacy Copland undertook in that decade. He might have reminded some of John Maynard Keynes with an active life and a practice of popularising economics via public channels in order to shape a more effective stabilisation policy. As an inherent educator Copland felt the public, as voters, were entitled to know how the authorities were dealing with economic problems. Never an ivory tower academic, Copland was drawn into myriad of professional and public activities that exacted a toll on his health. While a propensity for involvement in public affairs may sometimes distract an economist from pursuing research, Copland used the involvement in public policy formation to set the markers for enlightened economic management.
Relation: History of Econmoics Review Vol. , no. 53 (2011), p. 25-43
Rights: Copyright History of Economic Thought Society of Australia
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: Public policy; Law; Economics
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