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While the book's focus is on natural resources and institutions, the author provides stimulating interpretations of many phases of economic history.\"--Simon Ville, American Historical Review \"Why Australia Prospered is a rewarding read. The book is targeted at a broad audience, and to this end, MacLean interweaves historical narrative with analysis. Its chronological presentation allows some refreshing perspectives on events, and theoretical and policy debates, all of which are informed by the deep scholarship that the author demonstrates... [T]his is an excellent and enjoyable book that reminds us of the importance of historical context.\"--Shauna Phillips, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource \"With this new book, McLean provides a missing exposition that could help re-energise such studies. It is a coherent, well-written, well-reasoned and accessible survey of Australian economic evolution. It benefits from the integration that comes from being penned by a single mind.\"--Glenn Withers, Economic Record \"Australian economic history is undergoing something of a minor revival ... and this book is a welcome addition to the literature on the history of Australia in the global economy, stressing as it does both continuity and change.\"--David Meredith, English Historical Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures ix List of Tables xi Preface and Acknowledgments xiii Map xvi  Chapter 1 Introduction: Weaving Analysis and Narrative 1 Chapter 2 What Is to Be Explained, and How 11  * Comparative Levels of GDP Per Capita 11 * Booms, Busts, and Stagnation in Domestic Prosperity 15  * Other Indicators of Economic Prosperity 19  * From Evidence to Analysis 25  * Extensive Growth and Factor Accumulation 27  * Growth Theory and Australian Economic Historiography 29  * Recent Themes in Growth Economics 32 Chapter 3 Origins: An Economy Built from Scratch? 37  * The Pre-1788 Economy of the Aborigines 38  * The Aboriginal Contribution to the Post-1788 Economy 42  * The Convict Economy and Its Peculiar Labor Market 44  * Further Features of the Economy Relevant to Later Prosperity 50  * British Subsidies and Australian Living Standards 53 Chapter 4 Squatting, Colonial Autocracy, and Imperial Policies 57  * Why the Wool Industry Was So Efficient 58  * Evolution of Political Institutions: From Autocracy to Responsible Government 63  * The Labor Market: Ending Transportation, Preventing Coolie Immigration 67  * Thwarting the Squatters: Land Policies to 1847 69  * Other Determinants of Early Colonial Prosperity 73  * The Argentine Road Not Taken 76 Chapter 5 Becoming Very Rich 80  * The Economic Effects of Gold: Avoiding the Resource Curse 84  * Sustaining Economic Prosperity Following the Rushes 90  * Consolidating Democracy and Resolving the Squatter- Selector Conflict 96  * Openness and Growth 100  * Rural Productivity and Its Sources 108 Chapter 6 Depression, Drought, and Federation 113  * Explaining Relative Incomes 113  * Eating the Seed Corn? 116  * Boom, Bubble, and Bust: A Classic Debt Crisis 119  * Why Was Recovery So Slow? 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