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]
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]
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]
Foster hosts The Economists on the ABC with Australian economics journalist Peter Martin. [4]
Foster has 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. [5] [6] Her employer the University of New South Wales distanced themselves from her comments which were televised during the show Q&A. [7]
Gigi Foster was named Young Economist of The Year for 2019 by the Economics Society of Australia. [8]