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.
National affairs
Productivity puzzles
John Edwards
14 August 2025
Should company taxes changes really be a priority at the next week’s economic summit?
Books & arts
Are we getting in our own way?
John Edwards
24 June 2025
The American bestseller Abundance is making waves in Australia, but its key argument has less force on this side of the Pacific
Books & arts
The improvisers
John Edwards
8 April 2025
As Australia faces a crisis of orientation, an expatriate argues that being adaptable is better than being visionary
Books & arts
The free market’s brilliant frontman
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
Blessed life
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
Inflation and beyond
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
Is this the end of globalisation?
John Edwards
25 January 2023
A Financial Times columnist says yes, but the figures tell a different story
Books & arts
Central bankers unbound
John Edwards
21 September 2022
The global financial crisis dramatically changed the role of central banks — and then the pandemic came along
National affairs
The curious case of the missing election issue
John Edwards
13 December 2021
An urgent economic challenge will scarcely get a mention when Labor and the Coalition go head to head
International
Jostling giants
John Edwards
30 November 2021
Does America really need a novel strategy to counter China’s rise?
National affairs
Confessions of a Reserve Bank board member
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
It’s official: debt isn’t the problem
John Edwards
30 June 2021
The 2021 Intergenerational Report marks a decisive shift in Australia’s economic debate
National affairs
Australia’s post-Covid quandary
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
When great friends are no help
John Edwards
10 February 2021
Books | Australia’s decision to join the United States in competition with China has backfired damagingly
Books & arts
Is this the secret of successful slowing?
John Edwards
29 April 2020
Books | Declining growth is inevitable in a maturing economy, according to economist Dietrich Vollrath
National affairs
Win the war but lose the peace?
John Edwards
1 April 2020
John Curtin has a message for a government grappling with a crisis
National affairs
Nearly three decades of economic growth — and yet…
John Edwards
8 July 2019
The Reserve Bank is running out of ways of tackling Australia’s economic malaise
Essays & reportage
The plight of the Right
John Edwards
5 December 2016
Reality fails to align with theory in a new conservative analysis of what makes Australia exceptional
Essays & reportage
Tony Abbott’s new budget strategy – and how Bill Shorten will respond
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
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