Story: Economic thought

Alan Danks

Alan Danks

Painted by Leo Bensemann, economist Alan Danks was a professor at the University of Canterbury. He published a pamphlet in the 1950s exposing the fallacies behind the Social Credit movement, and worked on the report of the 1972 Royal Commission on Social Security.

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University of Canterbury, Art Collection
Reference: UC/MBL/1985
Oil painting by Leo Bensemann

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Gary Hawke, 'Economic thought - Post-war economics', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/artwork/22315/alan-danks (accessed 21 April 2024)

Story by Gary Hawke, published 11 Mar 2010