Gigi Foster Explained

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]

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.

Career

Podcast

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

COVID-19

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]

Accomplishments

Gigi Foster was named Young Economist of The Year for 2019 by the Economics Society of Australia.[8]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Professor Gigi Foster . UNSW . en.
  2. News: 2020-07-27 . Heated Q+A discussion sees economist deny she is 'advocating for people to die' . en-AU . ABC News .
  3. Web site: Chung . Frank . March 26, 2021 . 'How could they live with themselves?': Furious audience member confronts anti-lockdown panellists . News.com.au.
  4. Web site: The Economists . www.abc.net.au . 16 September 2021 . en.
  5. Web site: 2022-05-17 . Lockdowns did more harm than good . The Spectator Australia . en-US.
  6. Web site: Foster . Gigi . 2021-06-27 . Stop this human sacrifice: the case against lockdowns . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
  7. Web site: UNSW Tweet, 27 July 2020 . Twitter . en.
  8. Web site: 2020 Young Economist Address and 2020 ESA Awards - ONLINE ONLY . esacentral.org.au.
  9. Coelli . Michael . Foster . Gigi . Leigh . Andrew . 2018 . Do School Principals Respond to Increased Public Scrutiny? New Survey Evidence from Australia . Economic Record . en . 94 . 73–101 . 10.1111/1475-4932.12400. 158999797 . 10419/177154 . free .
  10. Book: Foster, Gigi . Biophysical Measurement in Experimental Social Science Research . 2019 . Elsevier . 978-0-12-813092-6 . en . 10.1016/c2016-0-04236-5.
  11. Book: Frijters, Paul . An Economic Theory of Greed, Love, Groups, and Networks . 2013 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-107-02627-8 . Cambridge . 10.1017/cbo9781139207041.
  12. Book: Routledge Handbook of Behavioral Economics . 2016-08-03 . Routledge . 978-1-315-74347-9 . Frantz . Roger . London . 10.4324/9781315743479 . 10536/DRO/DU:30099379 . 158491145 . Chen . Shu-Heng . Dopfer . Kurt . Heukelom . Floris . Mousavi . Shabnam.
  13. Book: Kalenkoski . Charlene M. . The Economics of Multitasking . Foster . Gigi . Charlene M . Gigi . Kalenkoski . Foster . Palgrave Macmillan . 2016 . en . 10.1057/9781137381446. 11343/251915 . 978-1-349-57501-5 .
  14. Book: Altman, Morris . Handbook of Behavioural Economics and Smart Decision-Making . 2017 . Edward Elgar Publishing . 978-1-78254-959-8 . en . 10.4337/9781782549598.00020.