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Andrew Leigh

Andrew Leigh, a former Professor of Economics at the Australian National University, is Shadow Assistant Treasurer.

Essays & Reportage Andrew Leigh 15 June 2018 Thomas Piketty and his colleagues have used new data to track inequality and sharpen the choices we face
Essays & Reportage Andrew Leigh 30 September 2015 When America sneezes, writes Andrew Leigh, Australian state governments catch a cold. And when the weather turns bad, guess who’s held responsible? National Affairs Andrew Leigh 28 May 2015 There’s no such thing as “us” and “them,” writes Andrew Leigh. A good social safety net is there for all of us National Affairs Andrew Leigh 12 May 2015 Andrew Leigh takes a data-driven look at what the critics say about young Australians National Affairs Andrew Leigh 31 July 2014 John Howard’s gun buyback scheme had more than one benefit, writes Andrew Leigh in this extract from his new book
Essays & Reportage Andrew Leigh 18 April 2014 A new study finds social status rippling across the centuries
Essays & Reportage Andrew Leigh 4 July 2013 Disagreements about acceptable levels of inequality often rest on a misunderstanding of the existing distribution of income and wealth, writes Andrew Leigh Books & Arts Andrew Leigh 24 May 2012 New York managed to stop the school-to-crime pipeline without increasing the imprisonment rate, writes Andrew Leigh. Meanwhile, Australia is investing heavily in jail-building National Affairs Andrew Leigh 13 May 2011 Andrew Leigh looks at evidence of growing inequality in OECD countries National Affairs Andrew Leigh 19 August 2009 The release of the government’s security law proposals reveals that the Coalition’s approach still casts a long shadow, writes Andrew Lynch