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...

Represents a pioneering attempt to comprehensively explore and assess financial sustainability in Australian local government. While the emphasis falls squarely on Australian local government, Funding the Future draws on extensively on both the international conceptual and empirical literature