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Andrew Leigh is the federal member for Fenner and Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury. Prior to entering the Australian parliament in 2010, Andrew was a professor of economics at the Australian National University. Andrew holds a PhD in public policy from Harvard and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences. His books include Choosing Openness: Why Global Engagement is Best for Australia, Innovation + Equality: How to Create a Future That Is More Star Trek Than Terminator (with Joshua Gans) and What's the Worst That Could Happen? Existential Risk and Extreme Politics.
Choosing openness in the international economy
As the region seeks to rebound from a global economic downturn, the free flow of goods and services is key.
What’s the worst that could happen? Tackling existential risk
A pandemic is bad. But humanity is inviting greater dangers by toying with technologies that could end the species.
‘Choosing Openness’: Andrew Leigh responds
Since 'Choosing Openness' was published, Nazi sympathisers have entered the German parliament, and an anti-immigrant millennial has been elected Austrian chancellor.
Commentary
'In praise of foreign investment'
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review. This is an edited extract of Andrew Leigh's Lowy Institute Paper Choosing Openness (Photo: fcmarriott/Flickr)
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Speeches
Lowy Lecture Series: 'Does size Matter? An economic perspective on the population debate' by Andrew Leigh MP
On 13 March 2014, Shadow Assistant Treasurer Dr Andrew Leigh MP gave a lecture at the Lowy Institute, where he provided 'an economic perspective on the…
Sydney Morning Herald
27 September 2017
The Guardian
27 September 2017
