{"product_id":"nugget-coombs-a-reforming-life-paperback-9780521677837","title":"Nugget Coombs; A Reforming Life (Paperback) 9780521677837","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNugget Coombs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Reforming Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA 2002 biography of H. C. 'Nugget' Coombs, one of the most influential Australians of the twentieth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTim Rowse (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521677837, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 27 September 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e446 pages, 8 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.65 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is an excellent account of an excellent Australian.' Professor Geoffrey Bolton\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eH. C. Coombs was one of the most influential Australians of the twentieth century. Born in 1906, he is best known as the governor of the Reserve Bank, but the breadth of his activities and his commitment to public life until his death is unsurpassed. Tim Rowse traces Coombs' life from his childhood in Western Australia to his many roles as policy maker, change agent, advocate and adviser. Particularly interested in Coombs as an economist, Tim Rowse shows that a key motif in his life as a public servant was to create an economic rationality among the political elite that was socially integrative and that looked beyond the strictures of economics to environmental sustainability, scientific and artistic creativity. This 2002 book covers Coombs' life from birth to death, providing intriguing insights into the life of  one of Australia's most influential people.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Learning and Teaching: 1. Childhood and youth\u003cbr\u003e 2. Schooling\u003cbr\u003e 3. Self-possession\u003cbr\u003e 4. Busselton\u003cbr\u003e 5. Claremont\u003cbr\u003e 6. Wheat belt days\u003cbr\u003e 7. Night student\u003cbr\u003e 8. Finding the words\u003cbr\u003e 9. Representing\u003cbr\u003e 10. Murdoch\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Liberalism's Crisis: 11. LSE student\u003cbr\u003e 12. Politics v. economics\u003cbr\u003e 13. The money power and its critics\u003cbr\u003e 14. Poor Britain\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Experts we Need: 15. A vacancy?\u003cbr\u003e 16. The economists\u003cbr\u003e 17. From people's bank to central bank\u003cbr\u003e 18. Sweden and Australia\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. New Orders: 19. Trusting the people\u003cbr\u003e 20. Reconstruction and feminism\u003cbr\u003e 21. Fighting for 'yes'\u003cbr\u003e 22. Soldiers and workers\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Internationalist: 23. Labor's new internationalism\u003cbr\u003e 24. The diplomacy of security\u003cbr\u003e 25. Success in London\u003cbr\u003e 26. Global temptations\u003cbr\u003e 27. Geneva\u003cbr\u003e 28. Havana\u003cbr\u003e 29. An official community\u003cbr\u003e 30. Coombs the Keynesian\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. From Labor to Liberal: 31. Chifley's 'family'\u003cbr\u003e 32. The commanding heights?\u003cbr\u003e 33. The Cold War and CSIRO\u003cbr\u003e 34. Vice Chancellor?\u003cbr\u003e 35. Reconstructing Papua New Guinea\u003cbr\u003e 36. Governor and father\u003cbr\u003e 37. Chifley's man\u003cbr\u003e 38. Menzies' man?\u003cbr\u003e 39. Corporate Elizabethan\u003cbr\u003e Part VII. Other People's Money: 40. Inflation and war\u003cbr\u003e 41. Wage earners' democracy\u003cbr\u003e 42. Horror budget\u003cbr\u003e 43. The Governor muted\u003cbr\u003e 44. Stern mentor?\u003cbr\u003e 45. Coombs as boss\u003cbr\u003e 46. Carrots and sticks\u003cbr\u003e 47. Women at the bank\u003cbr\u003e 48. A culture of inflation\u003cbr\u003e 49. Separation\u003cbr\u003e 50. A Melanesian way?\u003cbr\u003e 51. Poor man's overdraft\u003cbr\u003e 52. Frustrated internationalist\u003cbr\u003e Part VIII. Managing Creativity: 53. Reasonable liberty\u003cbr\u003e 54. Visualising Australia\u003cbr\u003e 55. Nuclear matters\u003cbr\u003e 56. Opera\u003cbr\u003e 57. Ballet\u003cbr\u003e 58. In search of an audience\u003cbr\u003e 59. Re-designing Australia\u003cbr\u003e Part IX. Labor's Second Chance: 60. Retirement\u003cbr\u003e 61. Whitlam conscripts Coombs\u003cbr\u003e 62. Trade reform\u003cbr\u003e 63. Two cultural constituencies\u003cbr\u003e 64. Wages and taxes\u003cbr\u003e Part X. Rethink: 65. The stuffed owl of Minerva\u003cbr\u003e 66. Nature and human nature\u003cbr\u003e 67. Economies and communities\u003cbr\u003e 68. Losing the master key\u003cbr\u003e 69. The responsive public servant\u003cbr\u003e Part XI. Elite Outrider: 70. Torres Strait\u003cbr\u003e 71. Conservation and Aborigines\u003cbr\u003e 72. Bapa Dhumbul\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: histories nostalgic and hopeful.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Banking [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Banking\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Banking%20%5BKFFK%5D%22\"\u003eKFFK\u003c\/a\u003e], Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e], Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e], Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Postwar%2020th%20century%20history,%20from%20c%201945%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW3%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW3\u003c\/a\u003e], Australasian \u0026amp; Pacific history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Australasian \u0026amp; Pacific history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Australasian%20\u0026amp;%20Pacific%20history%20%5BHBJM%5D%22\"\u003eHBJM\u003c\/a\u003e], Biography: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Biography: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Biography:%20general%20%5BBG%5D%22\"\u003eBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46251996184856,"sku":"9780521677837","price":54.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521677837i.jpg?v=1691927984","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/nugget-coombs-a-reforming-life-paperback-9780521677837","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}