Economic Rationalism: Dead End or Way Forward? Book

	Introduction
	Economic Rationalism: What Does Economics Really Say?	2
	Reclaiming the Middle Ground ... From New Right 'Economic Rationalism'	12
	A Panel of Views: Economic Rationalists and Anti-Economic Rationalists	28
	The Training of Economists	49
	The Influence of Economists	57
	The Case of Financial Deregulation: 'Economic Rationalism' on Trial	84
	International Trade and Australian Protectionism	108
	Labour-Market Reform: an Economist's Perspective	132
	Privatisation and Market Forces: Their Role in Infrastructure Provision	147
	Competition Policy and Economic Rationalism	169
	Natural Resource Use and Environmental Policy	196
	Economic Rationalism and the Earnings Dispersion	220
	Australia's Long-run Macroeconomic Performance	236
	Market Failure and Government Failure	261
	Economic Rationalism? Economic Policies for the Nineties	282
	Notes on Contributors	291
	Index	293