Ardnt's Story The life of an Australian economist

'H.W. Arndt has been Australia's leading scholar of Asian economic development for over thirty years' - Former World Bank President James D Wolfensohn. The year of Heinz Wolfgang Arndt's birth, 1915, was not a good time for a German boy to be born. His country was soon to be def...

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Main Author: Coleman, Peter (auth)
Other Authors: Cornish, Selwyn (auth), Drake, Peter (auth), Arndt, Bettina (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Canberra ANU Press 2007
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