Biography

William Coleman has written extensively upon inflation, the history of economic thought and the contested position of economics in society.   He is currently the editor of Agenda: a Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, and has authored, or co-authored, several books, including Giblin’s Platoon: The Trials and Triumph of the Economist in Australian Public Life.

He is is editor of Only in Australia: The History, Politics and Economics of Australian Exceptionalism, which was published by Oxford University Press in June 2016.

Discipline(s)

• Economic history
• Economics