Tom Fitzgerald (economist)
Tom Fitzgerald | |
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Born |
Thomas Michael Fitzgerald 28 August 1918 Marrickville, New South Wales |
Died | 1993 74) | (aged
Occupation | economist, journalist, advisor |
Known for | Fitzgerald report |
Thomas Michael Fitzgerald (1918-1993) was an Australian economist, journalist and political advisor. [1]
Education
Fitzgerald trained in economics by reading Keynes at Sydney University (1936–40).[1]
Career
Fitzgerald was navigating ‘Liberator’ bombers in 1944.[1]
Fitzgerald was financial editor of the Sydney Morning Herald from 1952 to 1970.[1]
Editorial Director of Rupert Murdoch’s News Ltd. (1970-2).[1]
Fitzgerald produced the "Fitzgerald Report - The contribution of the mineral industry to Australian welfare : report to the Minister for Minerals and Energy" (1974) for the Whitlam Government.[2]
In 1990 Fitzgerald delivered a set of six Boyer Lectures "Between Life and Economics - 'A dissenting case'".[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Fitzgerald, Denis; Wallace, Lesley. "The research papers of Tom Fitzgerald". John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library.
- ↑ Burnside, Sarah. "Mining history in the 2013 election". Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ↑ Between Life and Economics - 'A dissenting case
External links
- Works by or about Tom Fitzgerald in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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