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FINANCIAL CRISES AND KNOWLEDGE, HISTORICAL AND ANALYTICAL *
Author(s) -
Hawke Gary
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
australian economic history review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.493
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1467-8446
pISSN - 0004-8992
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2011.00322.x
Subject(s) - theme (computing) , history , finance , sociology , political science , economics , computer science , operating system
Noel Butlin would have welcomed the theme from which this paper began, ‘Financial Crises: Historical Perspectives’. Respecting his memory, I seek to use aspects of New Zealand's financial history to illuminate recent experience while acknowledging that: distinguishing transitory from significant changes is not easy; bringing historical knowledge to bear on current issues is different from mining the past for convenient arguments; and ideas and analysis need to be kept up to date. Economic analysis is far more enlightening than moral protest.