Before 1980, strong demand existed in Australia for the economics degree. Since then, competition from programs in business and management has increased. Student preferences have shifted from university and secondary economics. Economics enrollments have declined in both sectors. The authors...

This paper examines the persistence of cartel behaviour in Australia using evidence gathered from 1901 to 1939, when interest in cartels was intense, and academic studies from the 1950s and 1960s, when modern antitrust legislation was introduced. The aim is not to identify long-term cartels,...