Tom Fitzgerald (economist)

Tom Fitzgerald
Born Thomas Michael Fitzgerald
28 August 1918
Marrickville, New South Wales
Died 1993 (1994) (aged 75)
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. 1 2 3 4 5 Fitzgerald, Denis; Wallace, Lesley. "The research papers of Tom Fitzgerald". John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library.
  2. Burnside, Sarah. "Mining history in the 2013 election". Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. Between Life and Economics – 'A dissenting case


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