The University of Western Australia

Professor Michael McLure

Deputy Head of Discipline/Professor
Economics

Contact details

Address

Economics
The University of Western Australia (M251)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 2921

Email

Michael.McLure@uwa.edu.au

Qualifications

BA Murd., GradDipEd WAIT, MEc W.Aust., PhD Curtin

Biography

Michael is Professor of Economics discipline and lectures in Australian Economic History, the History of Economic Ideas and Business Economics. His primary area of expertise is in the sub discipline of the history of economic ideas.

Key research

Primary research interest: the history of economic thought, with particular reference to Vilfredo Pareto's intellectual legacy in Italy including in the area of fiscal studies; and the comparative intellectual history of the Lausanne and Cambridge traditions in economics.

Secondary research interest: state taxation policy and fiscal federalism

Publications

Career 10 best

McLure M. forthcoming “Pareto’s Chronicles: Liberty, the Left and Sociology”, Review of Political Economy

McLure, M 2008, “The History of Economic Thought at UWA: A Comparison of 1953 with 2003” History of Economics Review, 47, pp. 72-85.

McLure, M.T. 2007, The Paretian School and Italian Fiscal Sociology, Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills Basingstoke, pp. xv, 1-363.

McLure, M.T. 2006, “The Fiscal Sociology of Gino Borgatta: Pareto, Extra-economic Redistribution and Economic Growth”, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 30, 4, pp. 521-539.

McLure, M.T. 2006, “Pareto on the History of Economic Thought as an Aspect of Experimental Economics”, History of Economics Review, 43, pp. 71-87.

McLure, M.T. 2005, “Equilibrium and Italian fiscal sociology: a reflection on the Pareto-Griziotti and Pareto-Sensini letters on fiscal theory”, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 12, 4, pp. 611-635.

McLure, M.T. 2005, “A Note on Pareto's ‘Sunto’“, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 27, 4, pp. 399-403.

McLure, M.T. 2004, “Interpreting the History of Economics”, History of Economics Review, 39, pp. 88-96.

McLure, M. 2001, Pareto, Economics and Society: The Mechanical Analogy, Routledge, London, pp. xvi, 1-221

McLure, M. 2000. “The Pareto-Scorza Polemic on Collective Economic Welfare”, Australian Economic Papers, Issue 39, No. 3, September, pp. 345-369.

Recent Publications

Books

McLure, M.T. 2007, The Paretian School and Italian Fiscal Sociology, Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills Basingstoke, Pp150-300.

Book Edited

Wood, J.C., McLure, M.T. 2005, Paul A. Samuelson: Critical Assessments of Contemporary Economists, Routledge, London.

Privately Published Book

Giles, M.J., McLure, M.T., Dockery, A.M. 2005, Unmet Demand for Tertiary Education, National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Adelaide.

Book Chapters (Commercial)

McLure, M. 2006. “Pure Duals, Derived Duals and Paretian Fiscal Sociology”, in Fiscal Sociology: Public Auditing, J. (ed), Peter Lang, Frankfurt, pp.177-194

McLure, M.T. 2006, Two Views on Pareto's Current Relevance: Warren Samuel's Foreword to Pareto, Economics and Society in From Walras to Pareto, Springer, Dordrecht.

McLure, M.T. 2005, Approaches to Fiscal Sociology in Essays on Fiscal Sociology, Peter Lang Publishing Inc., Frankfurt.

Journal Articles (Schol Refereed Journal)

McLure, M 2008 “Royalties for Regions: accountability and sustainability”, Public Policy, Vol. 3, No. 2

McLure, M 2008, “The History of Economic Thought at UWA: A Comparison of 1953 with 2003” History of Economics Review, 47, pp. 72-85.

McLure, M.T. 2006, “The Fiscal Sociology of Gino Borgatta: Pareto, Extra-economic Redistribution and Economic Growth”, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 30, 4, pp. 521-539.

McLure, M.T. 2006, “Vilfredo Pareto and Contemporary Economics: Social Equilibrium, Fiscal Decentralisation and Economic Growth”, Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Economiche and Commerciali, LIII, 4, pp. 560-578.

McLure, M.T. 2005, “Two Taxation Agendas: The Gallop Government's First Term”, Economic Papers, 24, 1, pp. 35-49.

McLure, M.T. 2005, “Equilibrium and Italian fiscal sociology: a reflection on the Pareto-Griziotti and Pareto-Sensini letters on fiscal theory”, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 12, 4, pp. 611-635.

McLure, M.T. 2005, “A Note on Pareto's ‘Sunto’”, Journal of the History of Economic Thought , 27, 4, pp. 399-403.

McLure, M.T. 2005, “La Sociologia Finanziaria Di Gino Borgatta”, Pensiero Economico Italiano, 12, 2, pp. 191-203.

Journal Article (Review Article)

McLure, M.T. 2004, “Interpreting the History of Economics”, History of Economics Review, 39, pp. 88-96.

Journal Article (Non Refereed)

McLure, M.T. 2005, “Warren Samuels (ed.). European Economists of the Early 20th Century, Volume 2: Studies of Neglected Continental Thinkers of Germany and Italy”, History of Economics Review, 41, pp. 166-167.

Forthcoming Journal Article

McLure M. forthcoming “Pareto’s Chronicles: Liberty, the Left and Sociology”, Review of Political Economy

Full Refereed Conference Publication

McLure, M.T. 2006, “One Hundred Years from Today: The Centenary of Pareto's Manuale di Economia Politica”, 35th Australian Conference of Economists, http://www.cbs.curtin.uwa.edu.au/business/teaching-areas/economics-and-finance/conference-of economists-2006/, Online, pp. 1-12.

Mclure, M.T. 2005, “Pareto on the History of Economic Thought as an Aspect of Experimental Economics”, Does Economics Have a Useful Past?, Canberra, 0, pp. 1-16.

Referred Entries in Electronic Encyclopaedias

McLure, M. 2008. “Fiscal Sociology”, in International Encyclopedia of Public Policy: Volume 2, Economic Policy, Perth: GEPRE, pp 239 47, http://pohara.homestead.com/encyclopedia/volume-2.pdf

McLure, M. 2008. “Pareto Optimality, Second Best and Social Welfare”, in International Encyclopedia of Public Policy: Volume 2, Economic Policy, Perth: GEPRE, pp 461-71,http://pohara.homestead.com/encyclopedia/volume-2.pdf

Book Reviews in Journals

McLure, M. 2008. “Manuale di Economia Politica, by Vilfredo Pareto edited by Aldo Monetsano, Alberto Zanni and Luigino Bruni”, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 30(1), pp. 137-140.

McLure, M. 2008. “Considerations on the Fundamental Principles of Pure Political Economy, by Vilfredo Pareto edited by Robert Marchionatti and Fiorenzo Mornati”, History of Economics Review, 47, pp. 155-158.

McLure, M. 2008. “Dibattito fra Economisti Italiani di Fine Ottocento, by Italo Magnani”, History of Economics Review, 48, Forthcoming.

Editor

McLure, M. (with Gregory Moore), History of Economics Review, Published by, History of Economic Thought Society of Australia
Issue 45 Winter 2007 (published in July); Issue 46 Summer 2007 (published in December); Issue 47 Winter 2008 (published in July); Issue 48 Summer 2008 (published in December)

Other Public Output

McLure, M.T. 2007, “Luigi Einaudi, selected economic essays”, History of economic ideas: HEI, 14, 3, pp. 164-165.

McLure, M.T. 2006, “One Hundred Years from Today: Vilfredo Pareto, Manuale di Economia Politica con una Introduzione alla Scienza Sociale, Milan: Societa Editrice Libraria. 1906”, History of Economic Review, 44, pp. 76-86.

McLure, M.T. 2006, “Pareto on the History of Economic Thought as an Aspect of Experimental Economics”, History of Economics Review, 43, pp. 71-87.

Roles, responsibilities and expertise

Michael has expertise in State public finances, as he was employed at the Western Australian Treasury between 1987 and 2002.

Funding received

Dr Michael McLure 2004, “Pareto and the Giornale degli Economist: A Sociology of Scientific Knowledge.”, UWA Research Grants Scheme, Funds Approved: $18,199.00. RFCD:

Ms Margaret Giles, Dr Alfred Dockery, Dr Michael McLure 2003, “Unmet student demand for vocational education and training (VET)”, NCVER (National Centr for Vocational Education Research), Funds Approved: $24,621.00. RFCD:

Dr Michael McLure 2002, “Fellowship - A new Paretian Approach to Public Finances and Fiscal Sociology”, University Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, Funds Approved: $4.00. RFCD:

Languages

Italian (intermediate level)

Memberships

Vice President, WA Branch of the Economic Society of Australia (since 2008) and member of that Society (since 1988).
Member of the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia (since 1997).

Honours and awards

Barry Gorden Prize: for the best paper by a postgraduate student delivered to the Society’s 1997 conference. The paper delivered was titled: “Pareto’s Les Systémes Socialistes and Buchanan’s Constitutive Elements of Public Choice and Economic Policy”

History of Economic Thought Society of Australia prize for the best PhD thesis examined in 1999-2000: joint winner.

Previous positions

2002-2006, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2002, Senior Research Fellow, Curtin Business School’s Institute for Research into International Competitiveness (IRIC)
1987-2002,Senior WA Treasury Researcher and Economic Policy Advisor, Government of Western Australia, Department of Treasury (subsequently, the Department of Treasury and Finance)
1984-1986,High School Teache, St Mark’s College

Teaching

Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics,Econ1111
Australian Economic Foundations,Econ1141
History of Economic Ideas,Econ3310
Topics in the History of Economic Ideas,Econ7507

Current external positions

“Research Associate” of the “Centre for Labour Market Research” since 2003.
A UWA representative board member of the “Centre for Labour Market Research” since 5 June 2006.

Current projects

Michael’s current project is a comparative intellectual history of A. C. Pigou and the Cambridge School.

Collaborations with Other Institutions

In 2009 Michael visited: (i) Aldo Montesano (Università Bocconi) to work on Paretian elements of this project (mainly concerning a translation of Pareto’s Manuale di Economia Politica) and (ii) Cambridge University archives to access the Pigou papers.

Research profile

Research profile and publications