Gigi Foster

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Gigi Foster is a U.S. born academic and economist. She is currently a professor of economics at the University of New South Wales. [1]

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She regularly appears in the Australian media on the topic of economics, having been a panellist on discussion television show Q&A [2] [3] and host of a radio show on the ABC. [4]

Education

Foster received a Bachelor of Arts (Ethics, Politics, and Economics) from Yale University, and completed a PhD in economics at the University of Maryland. [1]

Career

Podcast

Foster hosts The Economists on the ABC with Australian economics journalist Peter Martin. [4]

COVID-19

Foster attracted criticism over her stance to Australia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] In particular, she criticised the COVID Zero-centred approach adopted by Victoria and other jurisdictions within Australia, believing that the costs to the economy outweighed the potential benefits of reducing case numbers. [6] [7] Her then-employer the University of New South Wales distanced themselves from her comments which were televised during the show Q&A. [8]

Accomplishments

Gigi Foster was named Young Economist of The Year for 2019 by the Economics Society of Australia. [9]

Publications

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References

  1. 1 2 "Professor Gigi Foster". UNSW.
  2. ↑ "Heated Q+A discussion sees economist deny she is 'advocating for people to die'". ABC News. 2020-07-27.
  3. ↑ Chung, Frank (March 26, 2021). "'How could they live with themselves?': Furious audience member confronts anti-lockdown panellists". News.com.au.
  4. 1 2 "The Economists". www.abc.net.au. 16 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "COVID-19 lockdowns a 'mass sacrificial event'". Australian Financial Review. 2021-07-16.
  6. ↑ "Lockdowns did more harm than good". The Spectator Australia. 2022-05-17.
  7. ↑ Foster, Gigi (2021-06-27). "Stop this human sacrifice: the case against lockdowns". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  8. ↑ "UNSW Tweet, 27 July 2020". Twitter.
  9. ↑ "2020 Young Economist Address and 2020 ESA Awards - ONLINE ONLY". esacentral.org.au.
  10. ↑ Coelli, Michael; Foster, Gigi; Leigh, Andrew (2018). "Do School Principals Respond to Increased Public Scrutiny? New Survey Evidence from Australia". Economic Record. 94: 73–101. doi:10.1111/1475-4932.12400. hdl: 10419/177154 . S2CID   158999797.
  11. ↑ Foster, Gigi (2019). Biophysical Measurement in Experimental Social Science Research. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/c2016-0-04236-5. ISBN   978-0-12-813092-6.
  12. ↑ Frijters, Paul (2013). An Economic Theory of Greed, Love, Groups, and Networks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9781139207041. ISBN   978-1-107-02627-8.
  13. ↑ Foster, Gigi (2019-01-01), Foster, Gigi (ed.), "Chapter 10 - Conclusion", Biophysical Measurement in Experimental Social Science Research, Academic Press, pp. 267–277, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-813092-6.00010-1, ISBN   978-0-12-813092-6, S2CID   239157367 , retrieved 2022-06-07
  14. ↑ Frantz, Roger; Chen, Shu-Heng; Dopfer, Kurt; Heukelom, Floris; Mousavi, Shabnam, eds. (2016-08-03). Routledge Handbook of Behavioral Economics. London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315743479. hdl:10536/DRO/DU:30099379. ISBN   978-1-315-74347-9.
  15. ↑ Kalenkoski, Charlene M.; Foster, Gigi (2016), Kalenkoski, Charlene M.; Foster, Gigi (eds.), "Introduction: The Economics of Multitasking", The Economics of Multitasking, New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, pp. 1–5, doi:10.1057/9781137381446_1, ISBN   978-1-137-38144-6 , retrieved 2022-06-07
  16. ↑ Foster, Gigi (2016), Bretag, Tracey (ed.), "Grading Standards in Higher Education: Trends, Context, and Prognosis", Handbook of Academic Integrity, Singapore: Springer, pp. 307–324, doi:10.1007/978-981-287-098-8_48, ISBN   978-981-287-098-8 , retrieved 2022-06-07
  17. ↑ Kalenkoski, Charlene M.; Foster, Gigi (2016). Kalenkoski, Charlene M; Foster, Gigi (eds.). The Economics of Multitasking. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137381446. hdl:11343/251915. ISBN   978-1-349-57501-5.
  18. ↑ Foster, Gigi (2015-01-01), "Experimental Economics", International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition), Elsevier, pp. 546–551, doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-097086-8.71052-x, ISBN   978-0-08-097087-5
  19. ↑ Foster, Gigi (2015), Bretag, Tracey (ed.), "Grading Standards in Higher Education: Trends, Context, and Prognosis", Handbook of Academic Integrity, Singapore: Springer Singapore, pp. 1–14, doi:10.1007/978-981-287-079-7_48-2, ISBN   978-981-287-079-7
  20. ↑ Altman, Morris (2017). Handbook of Behavioural Economics and Smart Decision-Making. Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781782549598.00020. ISBN   978-1-78254-959-8.


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