Political Economy Now!: The Struggle for Alternative Economics at the University of Sydney

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The story of one of the most enduring conflicts in the history of Australian universities. Beginning in the late 1960s it pitted those committed to teaching mainstream economics against those proponents of an alternative program in political economy at Sydney University. Until in 2008 a Department of Political Economy was established.

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'I read Political Economy Now! in one sitting, and I found it lively and engaging throughout ... Sydney University deserves credit for permitting one of its subsidiaries to publish a book that is, in places, severely critical of its own management and some of its most powerful
personalities.'

'The story of the long struggle is now documented in Political Economy Now!, penned by three of main combatants in the fight Frank Stilwell, Gavan Butler and Evan Jones. These renegade academics were not deterred by the David and Goliath situation that emerged'

Author Bio

Gavan Butler is one of the founders of the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney.
Evan Jones is a retired political economist. He taught at the University of Sydney from 1973 to 2006.
Frank Stilwell is professor emeritus of political economy at the University of Sydney.