Chris Edmond

Creating confusion

C Edmond, YK Lu

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Economic Theory

We develop a model in which a politician seeks to prevent a group of citizens from making informed decisions. The politician can m..

Should We Worry about Government Debt? Thoughts on Australia's COVID-19 Response

C Edmond, R Holden, B Preston

Journal article  |  2020  |  Australian Economic Review

No. While the COVID-19 crisis has required a dramatic increase in debt-financed government spending, in the current conditions the..

Keating is right. The Reserve Bank should do more. It needs to aim for more inflation

Christian Edmond, Bruce Preston

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

Former prime minister Paul Keating isn’t alone in wanting the Reserve Bank to do much more to ensure economic recovery. In an opi..

Economists on the Treasury update: 'The bottom line is we need more stimulus'

Christian Edmond, Emma Dawson, Cherelle Murphy

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

Federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg has handed down an economic and fiscal update. Three experts assess if the government gets the s..

Should governments obsess about debt? Yes, say traditionalists. No, says the theory

Chris Edmond, Richard Holden, Bruce Preston

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

With the world staring down possibly the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, do leaders need to rethink debt and st..

Australia must reject austerity and embrace targeted spending to beat this recession

Christian Edmond, Richard Holden, Bruce Preston

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

Scott Morrison set aside his economic instincts during the pandemic. He must do it again.

Economic snap-back? Not so fast

Steven Hamilton, Bruce Preston, Christian Edmond

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

With the virus on the back foot, it’s tempting to declare victory. Provided we stay vigilant on the public health front, we do hav..

The sound economics behind Australia's health-first COVID response

Christian Edmond, Richard Holden, Bruce Preston

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

Many of the most important decisions we make involve a trade-off over time. We make short-term sacrifices to achieve long-term goa..

A quick return to normal in Australia – with no Covid-19 vaccine – would risk lives and the economy

Christian Edmond, Richard Holden

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

We should not be using spurious economic argument to undermine public health experts.

Open letter from 265 Australian economists: don’t sacrifice health for ‘the economy

Steven Hamilton, Bruce Preston, Christian Edmond

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

In recent weeks a growing chorus of Australian commentators has called for social distancing measures to be eased or radically cur..