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John Edwards

John Edwards is a Non Resident Fellow of the Lowy Institute for International Policy and an Adjunct Professor with the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy at Curtin University. He is a former member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Books & arts John Edwards 11 March 2024 Milton Friedman brought wit and energy to his self-appointed task, but how influential did he prove to be?
Essays & reportage John Edwards 4 October 2023 With a new album just released and seventy years of playing under his belt, jazz pianist Mike Nock continues to perform, compose and mentor National affairs John Edwards 8 May 2023 The economy on budget eve is in better-than-expected shape, but its problems will become more evident as inflation falls Books & arts John Edwards 25 January 2023 A Financial Times columnist says yes, but the figures tell a different story Books & arts John Edwards 21 September 2022 The global financial crisis dramatically changed the role of central banks — and then the pandemic came along
National affairs John Edwards 13 December 2021 An urgent economic challenge will scarcely get a mention when Labor and the Coalition go head to head
International John Edwards 30 November 2021 Does America really need a novel strategy to counter China’s rise? National affairs John Edwards 16 November 2021 An inquiry into the bank’s past decade might yield interesting results, but it misses Australia’s real challenge National affairs John Edwards 30 June 2021 The 2021 Intergenerational Report marks a decisive shift in Australia’s economic debate National affairs John Edwards 8 April 2021 Extract | Faced with a delicate balancing of debt reduction and jobs, the government is sending out mixed messages
Books & arts John Edwards 10 February 2021 Books | Australia’s decision to join the United States in competition with China has backfired damagingly
Books & arts John Edwards 29 April 2020 Books | Declining growth is inevitable in a maturing economy, according to economist Dietrich Vollrath National affairs John Edwards 1 April 2020 John Curtin has a message for a government grappling with a crisis National affairs John Edwards 8 July 2019 The Reserve Bank is running out of ways of tackling Australia’s economic malaise Essays & reportage John Edwards 5 December 2016 Reality fails to align with theory in a new conservative analysis of what makes Australia exceptional
Essays & reportage John Edwards 14 April 2015 Fixing the federal budget might not be as hard as we think, argues John Edwards. And the Intergenerational Review shows we have the breathing space to choose how to do it Books & arts John Edwards 3 September 2012 Using the growth of indebtedness as a way of explaining financial crises oversimplifies the modern economy, writes John Edwards Books & arts John Edwards 4 November 2008 High-profile economist Robert Shiller doesn’t dig deeply enough into the causes of the sub-prime crisis, writes John Edwards