Love, David, 1933-

Straw polls, paper money / David Love. - Ringwood, Vic. : Viking, 2001. - 387 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes index. "David Love talks to Malcolm Fraser, Paul Keating, John Hewson, Bob Hawke, Bernie Fraser and others about a revolutionary 20 years in Australian finance and politics"--Cover.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 -- 1 The Power of Money 8 -- 2 Malcolm Fraser, Modern Liberal 28 -- 3 John Hewson and the Advance of Reform 47 -- 4 The Boys from the Bush: Australian Banks and the -- Financial Revolution 66 -- 5 The Macquarle Bank Story 89 -- 6 Paul Keating: Thatcher with Heart and Soul 109 -- 7 Hewson versus Keating: The Play of Political Impressionism 128 -- 8 The Golden Straitjacket and the Asian Meltdown 144 -- 9 Where Angels Fear to Tread: Australia and East Timor 163 -- 10 Japan: Australia's Political and Economic Absolute 178 -- 11 Australia, China and the Potential Limitsto ourFuture 198 -- 12 The Short, Happy Life of the Australian Economic Miracle 219 -- 13 Boxing Clever Among Giants: The US, China and Australian -- Productivity 234 -- 14 Bob Hawke: The Man who was Closest to the Great -- Powers 251 -- 15 Keating Revisited 271 -- 16 Bernie Fraser, Central Banker 290 -- 17 A View from the New Right 314 -- 18 The Potential for Invasion by Unarmed Civilians 340 -- 19 The Economic Long-Term 355 -- Index 377 /.

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Finance--Australia.
Fiscal policy--Australia.


Australia--Economic conditions--1945-
Australia--Foreign economic relations.

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