Alex Millmow

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Alex Millmow
Alma mater Australian National University
Academic career
School or tradition Keynesian economics
Institutions Federation University Australia
Australian National University
Department of the Treasury
Main interestsEconomic history
Notable works
  • The Power of Economic Ideas (2010)
Thesis The power of economic ideas : the origins of macroeconomic management in interwar Australia : 1929-1939  (2004)
Doctoral advisorSelwyn Cornish
Doctoral students C. J. Coventry
Influences John Maynard Keynes
Joan Robinson
Colin Clark

Alexander John Millmow is an Australian economic historian, journalist, and author. Formerly an associate professor at Federation University Australia, [1] he is an honorary research fellow at Australian National University and a adjunct associate professor at Federation, [2] and is president of the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia. [3]

Millmow was an early advocate of increasing economics education in schools because of the decline in practical economic literacy in Australia. [4] He also believes politicians in the 1970s and 1980s acted more boldly than politicians of the 2020s. [5] He has cautioned the Albanese Government that its plans to make the Reserve Bank of Australia completely independent are undermining Australian Labor Party history. [6]

Books

Millmow is the author of books including:

He is co-editor of Reclaiming Pluralism in Economics (Routledge, 2016, with Jerry Courvisanos and James Doughney). [10]

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References

  1. "Associate Professor Alex Millmow". 150 Faces of Fed. Federation University. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. About the author. Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved 24 July 2021.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. "The president, HETSA". History of Economic Thought Society of Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. https://rethinkeconomics.org.au/resources-2/millmow/ [ bare URL ]
  5. 'How a secret plan 50 years ago changed Australia’s economy forever, in just one night', The Conversation, 2023, https://theconversation.com/how-a-secret-plan-50-years-ago-changed-australias-economy-forever-in-just-one-night-209378
  6. 'Jim Chalmers wants a truly independent RBA. He should be careful what he wishes', The Conversation, 2023, forhttps://theconversation.com/jim-chalmers-wants-a-truly-independent-rba-he-should-be-careful-what-he-wishes-for-204550
  7. Reviews of The Power of Economic Ideas:
  8. Reviews of A History of Australasian Economic Thought: See also a colloquium in History of Economics Review (volume 69, 2018) dedicated to this work:
  9. Reviews of The Gypsy Economist:
  10. Reviews of Reclaiming Pluralism in Economics: