Introduction: The ANZAC dilemma -- The dependent dominion : Australia in 1941 -- The war economy -- "Australia looks to America," 1942-43 -- "Recovering our lost property," 1943-44 -- The Chifley government : policy motivation -- Post-war reconstruction and economic choices, 1945-49 -- Percy...

Inflation, the state and economic policy -- The long 1950s -- "External balance" and the counter-inflationary imperative -- Inflation and the keynesianism of restraint -- From the "battle for the banks" to the "credit sqeeze" : monetary policy in the long 1950s -- The long 1970s -- From bretton...