The aim of this book is to provide an economic analysis of the performance of and policy towards the vital interisland shipping industry since Indonesia's independence. It examines the nature of the business firm in Indonesia and the formulation and implementation of government policy, and...

The conventional story of Australian economic history is worth challenging. Rather than just assuming a national economy with conventional turning points such as Federation, economic historians would do well to investigate more complex processes like the interplay between regions, races and...

The restoration of democracy since 1998 has been accompanied by a revival of economic nationalism in Indonesia. This can be seen clearly in the field of shipping and ports. In the 1980s the government deregulated the highly protected and inefficient shipping industry to facilitate a non-oil...