The Australian economy in the very long run / Rodney Maddock and Ian W. McLean -- Population and Australian economic development 1900-1930 / David Pope -- The depression of the 1930s / Tom Valentine -- The long boom 1940-1970 / Rodney Maddock -- The end of the long boom / Adrian Pagan -- Natural resource industries / John W. Freebairn -- Tariffs and the manufacturing sector / Kym Anderson -- The service sector / Michael Carter -- Capital markets / Matthew W. Butlin -- Labour / Glenn Withers -- Government / Jonathan J. Pincus -- Economic wellbeing / Ian W. McLean -- Epilogue : a comparative perspective / Rodney Maddock and Ian W. McLean