Head of School and Professor of Economics, University of Sydney. Inequality and social policy analyst.
Joined December 2013
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4 Sep 2023
Daily music classes transformed school into ‘happiest place on Earth’ smh.com.au/culture/music/how…
Transformative impact found by team including @USydneyEcon colleagues @MarianVidalFdez and Katrien Steven @mscott @Sydney_Uni @ArtSS_Sydney
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4 Jul 2023
With full understanding of all the caveats that come with student evaluations, today I will treat myself to an ice cream, to celebrate these comments from students, after my first semester of coordinating a challenging unit. Thank you, my anonymous students! 🥳 @USydneyEcon
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21 Jun 2023
🎊 300 years on, Adam Smith still draws a crowd 🎊
Thanks to Prof Tony Aspromourgos & A/Prof Graham White for a fitting #Sydney celebration of key economic figure Adam Smith
@USydneyEcon @ArtSS_Sydney @Sydney_Uni @GarryFBarrett @heterodox_econs
#adamsmith300 #tercentenary
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9 Jun 2023
With only 1 week until the event, & a few days before rego closes, you'd better act fast to grab a ticket to #AdamSmithat300 on Friday 16 June
@USydneyEcon @ArtSS_Sydney
Speaker: Tony Aspromourgos
Drinks: 5pm
Talk: 6pm
REG: bit.ly/adamsmith300
#inperson #tercentenary
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2 Jun 2023
Well done Julie-Ann Robson for a stupendous effort in engaging Dept of Education, @ccwm_sydney to develop a VR experience within the Ancient History Stage 6 NSW curriculum. Amy Greenshields team thanks for your production! @ArtSS_Sydney
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2 Jun 2023
What a wonderful @USydneyEcon Awards Night celebrating student academic achievements!
Thanks to #alum Gigi Lovicu @RBAInfo for an inspired speech, & to #FASS #Dean @AdkinsProf & Head of School #DeputyDean @GarryFBarrett for their opening remarks.
🎊Congrats to all winners 🎊
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29 May 2023
Congratulations to all the @ArtSS_Sydney graduates 🎓 on their way to leading for good. Hope to see you again soon and enjoy this gorgeous day! @USydneyEcon @BU_Tweets @Sydney_Uni
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27 May 2023
Sir @R_Blundell_UCL gave an enlivening lecture, covering a remarkable amount of ground and tying it all together. He previewed the Deaton Report @TheIFS. I was surprised and pleased to see some of my graphs from the Deaton Report in lights in Luxembourg. #inequality #poverty
Sir Richard Blundell giving the 40th Anniversary lecture of LIS on "Connecting income and consumption measurements of inequality and poverty"
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27 Apr 2023
Ah - a scarce, highly valued branded water bottle lid. Completing the water bottle, which can now provide enduring sustenance!
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20 Apr 2023
The Reserve Bank Review recommends bringing our central bank in line with most other nations, creating an expert monetary policy board, delivering greater transparency & shifting to a more open culture. A timely & compelling report. Read it here: rbareview.gov.au/final-repor… #auspol
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The 59 leading economists surveyed by @ConversationEDU @AusEconSoc were asked to pick from 13 options to raise $20b per yr. Congrats to our Fellows who contributed —all 19 of you! @profholden @GarryFBarrett @booth_alison @CameronLisaA @WarwickMcKibbin @JohnQuiggin (1/2)
29 Mar 2023
Inheritance taxes, resource taxes and an attack on negative gearing: how top economists would raise $20 billion per year: theconversation.com/inherita… @1petermartin @AusEconSoc @ConversationEDU @ANUCrawford #ausecon #auspol
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2 Mar 2023
✨ Full house today at @USydneyEcon's seminar with Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics 2011 laureate Tom Sargent @nyuniversity
@DrEmmaLJohnston @GarryFBarrett @macromorley @J_Meanwell @ArtSS_Sydney @Sydney_Uni
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23 Jan 2023
Submit now to the coolest webinar series for upcoming economists!
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23 Jan 2023
🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨
Hey #econtwitter
We are now accepting submissions for Season 6 of the Applied Young Economist Webinar!
Deadline: Sunday, 12 February 2023
Details below ⬇️ Help us spread the word!
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12 Jan 2023
Australian Economic Papers calls for contributions to a #SpecialIssue on the #economics of #housing and housing policy, commissioned in honor of the late Judith Yates AM.
Submissions due March 31 2023
Learn more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/jour…
@ProfMNHarris @bethany_cooper2
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2 Jan 2023
It's time economists and criminologists put their heads together and came up with a theory of crime that reflects the insights of both disciplines. Here's a good empirical basis to start: jstor.org/stable/3054102
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28 Dec 2022
One of Australia's finest economists, who dedicated his work to understanding poverty and how to reduce it. RIP Martin Ravallion
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29 Nov 2022
The AEA Cttee on the Job Market will host an interactive webinar on the #EconJobMarket this Thurs, Dec 1, from 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET. The zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/8343939241…
#EconTwitter
Cc: @AEAInformation @LGBTQ_Econ @AEACSWEP @AEACSMGEP @econ_jmp @EconJobMarket
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15 Nov 2022
Great lessons learnt at @USydneyEcon's Warren Hogan Lecture, w/ competition case studies from USA, Canada & Germany
Huge thanks to keynote @ALeighMP for a memorable event. Our crowd kept the questions coming!
Thanks to VC @mscott, all our guests & alum for their support #econ
14 Nov 2022
In boosting economic dynamism, Australia can learn from big historic competition reforms in the US, Germany & Canada.
My Warren Hogan Lecture at @USydneyEcon ministers.treasury.gov.au/mi… #auspol @JustinWolfers @cafreeland @acccgovau
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14 Nov 2022
Great to have @ALeighMP on campus tonight delivering the 11th Annual Warren Hogan Memorial Lecture. Interesting subject - sharp, insightful questions.
Come back and deliver a lecture any time Minister!
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9 Nov 2022
Econ 101 students ever since Marshall decided to have prices in the vertical axis
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