Richard Denniss
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Richard Denniss is an Australian economist, author and public policy commentator. He is the co-Chief Executive Officer of The Australia Institute[1], an independent Australian public policy think tank. Denniss is known for his work on the relationships between economics, public policy, democratic institutions and the role of government in Australia.
Career
[edit]Prior to his appointment at The Australia Institute, Denniss was senior strategic advisor to Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown and was also chief of staff to Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, former Leader of the Australian Democrats.[1] Denniss also worked as a researcher at the H.V. Evatt Memorial Foundation (the 'Evatt Foundation'), a public policy organisation with strong links to the Australian Labor Party.[citation needed] His academic work has resulted in publications in various peer-reviewed journals, and he has lectured in Economics at the University of Newcastle.[2]
During the 2000s, Denniss' research focused on climate change policy[3] and tax policy.[4] He also worked on a number of projects aimed at improving the measurement of government and economic performance including the 'Genuine Progress Indicator' (GPI),[5] the 'Wellbeing Manifesto', and the state of Australian Government.
666 ABC Canberra produced and broadcast "An occasional series with 'The Moral Economist'" podcast starring Richard Denniss, in 2013. The series discussed economic issues from the dollar cost of a human life to preventative health care to who deserves welfare.[6]
In 2015, Denniss delivered the 16th Manning Clark Lecture at the Australian National University. The speech drew from Clark's writings, identifying 'enlargers' and 'punishers' in Australian cultural, economic and political history.[7]
Australian Labor Party MP Andrew Leigh is quoted as saying, "I think of Richard as being kind of a mirror image of [free-market economist and former Reserve Bank board member] Warwick McKibbin."[8]
Publications
[edit]Denniss is the co-author (with Clive Hamilton) of best-selling book Affluenza: When Too Much is Never Enough[9] and An introduction to Australian Public Policy (with Sarah Maddison). He co-authored Minority policy: rethinking governance when parliament matters with Brenton Prosser, a book that examines the operations of minority government and implications for public policy in Westminster systems. In 2016, his book Econobabble was published by Black Inc and Redback.[10] Most recently, Denniss has published Curing Affluenza, a followup to Affluenza: When too Much is Never Enough, and is the author of the June 2018 Quarterly Essay, Dead Right: How Neoliberalism Ate Itself and What Comes Next.
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[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "About". The Australia Institute. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ↑ "Richard Denniss". The Conversation. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ↑ Denniss, Richard (November 2008). "Fixing the Floor in the ETS". Australia Institute Policy Brief. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ↑ Denniss, Richard (October 2008). "The case for a new top tax rate". Australia Institute Research Paper. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
- ↑ Denniss, Richard; Hamilton, Clive (December 2000). "Tracking Well-being in Australia: The Genuine Progress Indicator 2000 ". Australia Institute Web Paper. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
- ↑ "An occasional series with 'The Moral Economist' - ABC (None) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ↑ "The 2015 Manning Clark lecture". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "The Australia Institute are the real senate puppet masters". 11 October 2014.
- ↑ Durber, Dean (October 2005). "Review of Affluenza: When too much is never enough". The Australian Public Intellectual Network. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ↑ "Econobabble". Redback Quarterly. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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