Nugget Coombs : A Reforming Life - Tim Rowse

Nugget Coombs

A Reforming Life

By: Tim Rowse

Paperback | 27 September 2005

At a Glance

Paperback


RRP $105.95

$89.40

16%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $22.35 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 7 to 10 business days

H. C. Coombs was one of the most influential Australians of the twentieth century. Born in 1906, he is best known as the governor of the Reserve Bank, but the breadth of his activities and his commitment to public life until his death is unsurpassed. Tim Rowse traces Coombs' life from his childhood in Western Australia to his many roles as policy maker, change agent, advocate and adviser. Particularly interested in Coombs as an economist, Tim Rowse shows that a key motif in his life as a public servant was to create an economic rationality among the political elite that was socially integrative and that looked beyond the strictures of economics to environmental sustainability, scientific and artistic creativity. This 2002 book covers Coombs' life from birth to death, providing intriguing insights into the life of one of Australia's most influential people.
Industry Reviews
'This is a remarkable study both for the depth of the research, the intellectual range of the analysis, and the sheer force of the exposition. I recommend it wholeheartedly.' Stuart Macintyre 'This is an excellent account of an excellent Australian.' Professor Geoffrey Bolton

Other Editions and Formats

Hardcover

Published: 23rd July 2002

More in Economic History

Caliban and the Witch : Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation - Silvia Federici
The Measure of Progress : Counting What Really Matters - Diane Coyle
Material World : A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future - Ed Conway
Debt : The First 5000 Years - David Graeber

RRP $44.99

$35.25

22%
OFF
Guns, Germs And Steel : The Fates of Human Societies - Jared Diamond
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers - Paul Kennedy

RRP $32.99

$26.95

18%
OFF
Capital in the Twenty-First Century - Thomas Piketty

RRP $43.95

$34.50

22%
OFF
Abundance : How We Build a Better Future - Ezra Klein

RRP $36.99

$29.75

20%
OFF
The Road to Serfdom : Routledge Classics - F.A. Hayek

RRP $29.99

$26.50

12%
OFF
Introduction to Medieval Europe 300-1500 : 4th Edition - Wim Blockmans
Collapse : The Fall of the Soviet Union - Vladislav M. Zubok

RRP $30.95

$25.75

17%
OFF