Reshaping Australia's Economy: Growth with Equity and SustainabilityJohn Nieuwenhuysen, Peter Lloyd, Margaret Mead Australia's Economic Growth draws together some of the best economists and public policy analysts in Australia to contribute to a major assessment and 'audit' of the economy. It assesses the economy's recent performance in achieving an environment which encourages sustainable economic growth with an equitable income distribution. It pinpoints what is required to ensure growth with socially and environmentally acceptable outcomes for the future. Leading economists include Stephen Dowrick, Fred Argy, Bob Stimson, Jeff Borland, Mark Wooden, Bill Shields, Bruce Chapman, Glenn Withers, Vince FitzGerald, Kym Anderson and David Throsby. |
Contents
Productivity boom miracle or mirage? | 19 |
Australia in the international economy | 33 |
The regional distribution of growth | 50 |
Growth and Equity | 65 |
Liberalism and economic policy | 67 |
Equity and growth | 86 |
Economic growth and the ethical state refashioning an Australian settlement | 98 |
The environment sustainable development and the Australian economy | 111 |
Efficiency in capital markets | 163 |
Public governance and growth | 178 |
Corporate governance and growth | 191 |
Labour Markets Human Resources and Demography | 205 |
Unemployment | 207 |
Efficiency in markets labour and industrial relations | 229 |
Human capital accumulation education and immigration | 242 |
Demography and growth | 268 |
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