Known for Fitzgerald report Name Tom Fitzgerald | Role Journalist Died 1993 | |
Full Name Thomas Michael Fitzgerald Occupation economist, journalist, advisor Books Between Life and Economics | ||
Thomas Michael Fitzgerald (1918–1993) was an Australian economist, journalist and political advisor.
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Education
Fitzgerald trained in economics by reading Keynes at Sydney University (1936–40).
Career
Fitzgerald was navigating 'Liberator' bombers in 1944.
Fitzgerald was financial editor of the Sydney Morning Herald from 1952 to 1970.
Editorial Director of Rupert Murdoch's News Ltd. (1970–2).
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.
In 1990 Fitzgerald delivered a set of six Boyer Lectures "Between Life and Economics – 'A dissenting case'".
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