Aussie Conference of Economists wrap-up w/ Leonora Risse & Cameron Murray - EP148

Economics Explored

While in Hobart, Tasmania for the 2022 Australian Conference of Economists, show host Gene Tunny caught up with Dr Leonora Risse and Dr Cameron Murray to reflect on the big economic issues covered at the conference. The Conference was framed in the context of adjusting to the so-called new normal. It dealt with issues such as government wellbeing budgets, the housing affordability crisis, the pandemic, and nowcasting, among others. Hear from Gene, Leonora, and Cameron regarding conference highlights and takeaways, including the risk of unintended consequences of government policy interventions.

About this episode’s guests

Dr Leonora Risse is an economist who specialises in gender equality. She is a Research Fellow with the Women’s Leadership Institute Australia, and recently spent time in residence at Harvard University as a Research Fellow with the Women and Public Policy Program. Leonora is a co-founder of the Women in Economics Network (WEN) in Australia and currently serves as the WEN National Chair. Leonora earned her PhD in Economics from the University of Queensland, and previously served as a Senior Research Economist for the Australian Government Productivity Commission. She is currently appointed as a Senior Lecturer in Economics at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Her Twitter handle is @leonora_risse.

Dr Cameron Murray is Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Henry Halloran Trust at The University of Sydney. Cameron has taught a number of courses including UQ's MBA economics course, macroeconomics, globalisation and economic development, and managerial economics.He writes for MacroBusiness, IDEA economics and Evonomics. Cameron has a PhD from the University of Queensland on the economics of corruption. He hosts the podcast Fresh Economic Thinking and his Twitter handle is ‎@DrCameronMurray.

Links relevant to the conversation

Leonora’s paper (co-authored with Angela Jackson) on a gender lens on COVID-19 economic impacts:

https://research.curtin.edu.au/businesslaw/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/10/AJLE242risse.pdf

Cameron’s Fresh Economic Thinking substack:

https://fresheconomicthinking.substack.com/

Re. Cameron’s idea of looking to Singapore to solve Australia’s housing affordability crisis:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-06/could-australia-learn-from-singapore-to-make-housing-affordable/100801082

Long abstract for Nicole Kagan’s Not So Super paper:

https://az659834.vo.msecnd.net/eventsairseasiaprod/production-leishman-public/6d771a2b34594388a5f61afdb368258c

Long abstract for Gene’s paper on the Queensland Titles Registry:

https://az659834.vo.msecnd.net/eventsairseasiaprod/production-leishman-public/2e33ed5868d340fc80cdd348b3036fd4

Long abstract for Cameron’s paper on housing supply:

https://az659834.vo.msecnd.net/eventsairseasiaprod/production-leishman-public/56bff701d624428497fb49964ff56f59

Credits

Thanks to this episode's guests Leonora and Cameron for the great conversations, and to the show’s audio engineer Josh Crotts for his assistance in producing the episode and to the show’s sponsor, Gene’s consultancy business www.adepteconomics.com.au.

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