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020			_a9781032155142
082			_a330.994 _bWEB
100			_aWebster, Beth _911981
245			_aEconomic innovations: _bcreating new instruments to improve economic life
260			_bRoutledge _aNew York _c2023
300			_aviii, 114 p.
365			_aGBP _b48.99
504			_aTable of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Establishing national foundations 3. Post-WWII grand ideas 4. The baby-boomer reforms 5. The new Millennium 6. Conclusion
520			_aThis book is a series of vignettes about changes to Australian institutions, organisations and systems that have significantly improved economic and social well-being for Australians. Economic system innovations have had a profound impact on our lives, from the invention of banking in the middle ages to the organisations established by the United Nations post-WWII. However, their intangible nature means that few people identify these changes alongside physical inventions. Although invention is normally an incremental process, with copying and adaption being the norm, the authors focus on reforms that were principally new to the world at the time of implementation. The book is not about the reforms and how well they worked, per se, rather about the people and the political struggle to get them adopted. The authors have chosen to focus on the stories where Australia has either taken a global leadership role or made a considerable advance in a particular new institution. What these stories show is that leadership in institutional innovation can come from many quarters: academia, the community, politics and the bureaucracy. Often the most successful teams combine people from all quarters albeit with support from the fourth estate. The work shows how many reforms began with modest beginnings, often an ordinary person with a vision, and how it takes several attempts to get change accepted. This key volume can be used to teach students of economics, political economy and politics. It illustrates the type of networks, actions and advocacy that is needed to get reform started and implemented and is written in a style to engage policy and think-tank audiences.
650			_aEconomic Innovations _912279
700			_aScales, Bill _912280
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