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two recent presentations:
"John Robertson. Liberal of the People"
Sydney Institute, 10 June 2025.
"John Robertson. The Grandfather of Australian Liberalism"
Robert Menzies Institute, 2025.
Some Other Presentations:
The Institute of Public Affairs March 2025
'Adam Smith and Australia'
Curtin University June 27 2023
A Past Public Lecture:
‘Adam Smith’s Case Against the British Empire’
The Australian National University 23 March 2023
At the time Smith was completing The Wealth of Nations, the British Empire was experiencing deep upheaval, and Smith delayed the completion of his magnum opus so that he could include the Empire as the leading object of his policy contentions. But what he had to say was not what his readers expected, or wished, to hear.
Some Publications Prior to 2020
Books:
Giblin's Platoon: The Trials and Triumph of the Economist in Australian Public Life (co-authored with Selwyn Cornish and Alf Hagger), 2006
Book Chapters:
'The Historiography of Australian Economic History', in The Cambridge Economic History of Australia, Simon Ville and Glenn Withers (eds), 2016
Journal Papers:
Book Reviews:
Review of Alex Millmow's A History of Australasian Economic Thought, 2018
Review of Paul Samuelson on the History of Economic Analysis. Selected Essays, S. Medema and A. Waterman (eds), 2017
Some Recent Publications
Journal Papers:
Books:
Their Fiery Cross of Union: A Retelling of the Creation of the Australian Federation, 1889-1914. 2021
Book Chapters:
Book Reviews:
'Overturning Convict Myths: Australia's Early Female Voice', Review of Defiant Voices. How Australia’s Female Convicts Challenged Authority by Babette Smith, 2021
Discussion Papers:
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