Course

Australia in the Global Economy - ECON1301

Faculty: Australian School of Business

School: School of Economics

Course Outline: ECON1301 Course Outline

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Excluded: ECOH1301, PECO1001

Equivalent: PECO1001

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course looks at the international economy at the end of the 19th century (trade, factor flows, and payments arrangements); problems of the international economy between the wars; the impact of World War II and the international economy in the post-war era; and Australian economic development and its relationship with the international economy in terms of economic fluctuations, problems of the inter-war period, growth of manufacturing, government policy and action, the importance of the mining industry, economic development and the distribution of income and wealth.
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