Abstract
It is a commonplace fact that H.C. 'Nugget' Coombs was among the first enthusiastic Australian Keynesians. Groenewegen and McFarlane, in their biographical sketch, call Coombs 'a leading figure in the implementation of the "Keynesian Revolution" in economic policy'.2 I would not dispute this, but I do not find it very helpful either, partly because in none of the 13 references that Groenewegen and McFarlane make to the 'Keynesian revolution' do they tell you what that 'revolution' consisted of. To label Coombs a 'Keynesian' is only the beginning of an effort to understand him as an intellectual.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Seven Dwarfs and the Age of the Mandarins: Australian Government Administration in the Post-war Reconstruction Era |
| Editors | Sam Furphy |
| Place of Publication | Canberra, A.C.T. |
| Publisher | Australian National University Press |
| Pages | 143-167 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781925022339 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781925022322 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Coombs, H. C. (Herbert Cole), 1906-1997
- Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946
- Keynesian economics