Everything you wanted to know about the budget but were too scared to ask!

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday May 10, 2023, 5:30 pm

Join us for Post Federal budget review with two leading economists, Emma Grey from Impact Economics and Trent Wiltshire from the Grattan Institute.  The event will be hosted by the President of the Victoria branch, Alex Millmow

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Pre-Budget Address to the National Press Club of Australia

Event Type: Wide/Public Interest

Date: Wednesday May 3, 2023, 11:30 am

From: Central Council

Danielle Wood, CEO of the Grattan Institute, Su-Lin Ong, Managing Director of RBC Capital Markets & Cherelle Murphy, EY Oceania Chief Economist, will make their Pre-Budget Address to the National Press Club of Australia, in partnership with Women in Economics. 

Superannuation Reforms

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Tuesday Apr 18, 2023, 5:30 pm

Super has become a taxpayer-funded inheritance scheme - super tax breaks cost the budget $45 billion a year, with two-thirds of the benefit going to the top 20% of income earners and one-third of all super withdrawals expected to be via bequests by 2060. 

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17th Western Economic Association International Conference

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Wednesday Apr 12, 2023, 8:00 am

From: Central Council

Whether in-person or virtually, WEAI conferences bring together top economists from around the world to discuss their latest research. Join the conversation and plan to present a paper or organize a session! Virtual sessions will be held via Zoom on April 11th, 2023, with the in-person conference being held April 12-15, 2023 at the University of Melbourne. Keynote addresses include David Card, Cecilia Rouse, and Richard Blundell.

Advancing Prosperity - Productivity Commission

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Mar 30, 2023, 5:30 pm

The Productivity Commission’s ‘ Advancing Prosperity’ report, released on 17 March 2023, shows Australia falling behind globally, with labour productivity growing at its slowest pace in 60 years. This critically important issue has taken a back seat in recent years to more pressing matters like the Covid-19 pandemic and the rising cost of living. Members are invited to join us as Dr Lisa Gropp, Productivity Commission, discusses this report which has drawn some favourable and unfavourable reviews in the media.

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Trivia Night 2023

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Friday Mar 24, 2023, 6:00 pm

Join the ESA Young Professionals at the Oxford Scholar as we kick off 2023! We are very excited to be hosting our annual trivia night for Melbourne’s young professional economists.

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ChatGPT and other AI: whose job is it coming for?, Joshua Gans

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Mar 15, 2023, 5:30 pm

As part of the ESA Central Council Eminent Speaker Series, Professor Joshua Gans, University of Toronto, will be presenting "ChatGPT and other AI: whose job is it coming for"?  

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Book Launch - Optimally Irrational, Prof. Lionel Page

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Mar 2, 2023, 5:15 pm

In Optimally Irrational, Lionel Page proposes an ambitious overhaul of our understanding of behavioural “biases” and what they mean. While behavioural economics has been very successful to help us understand how people really make decisions in the real world, the discipline is often presented as having shown that people are “irrational” and poor at making decisions. Lionel argues against this vision.

Labour markets since Covid: the expected and the unexpected

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Mar 1, 2023, 5:30 pm

You are invited to join the ESA Victoria branch for an evening with the University of Melbourne's Professor Jeff Borland who will be discussing labour markets since COVID.

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Book Launch: Economic Innovations: creating New Instruments to improve economic life

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Tuesday Feb 21, 2023, 5:30 pm

You are invited to join us for this event, where Professor Beth Webster and Bill Scales AO will discuss their recent book:  

Economic Innovations: creating New Instruments to improve economic life (Routledge 2022).

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Australian Gender Economics Workshop 2023

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Feb 9, 2023, 9:00 am

From: Central Council

The aim of AGEW is to foster a community of economic researchers who can collectively contribute to the evidence base needed to guide the pursuit of more gender equitable outcomes in society. The AGEW will include a program of research presentations and a policy symposium session.  We look forward to reconnecting with many of our members, as well as new and returning faces.

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Reconciliation, Opportunities for, and Wellbeing of First Nations Peoples: Yarning and learning together - Call for Papers

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Thursday Feb 2, 2023, 12:00 am

From: Central Council

The Reconciliation, Opportunities for, and Wellbeing of First Nations Peoples: Yarning and learning together Workshop will be held at the Charles Perkins Centre, Camperdown Campus, University of Sydney on Thursday 2 February and Friday 3 February 2023. Call for papers closes on 25 November 2022. Further information can be found by clicking this Call for Papers link.

End of year event and AGM

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Dec 15, 2022, 5:00 pm

The Economic Society is looking forward to getting together in person, and promoting connection among our members and those interested in contemporary economic issues and debate.

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ANU Workshop on Modelling Economic Sanctions

Event Type: Workshops/Conferences

Date: Monday Dec 5, 2022, 9:00 am

From: Central Council

The ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods is hosting a workshop on Modelling Economic Sanctions on 5 December 2022. It is a hybrid event taking place in person at the Australian National University and online via Zoom.

An Evening with Two of Australia’s Leading Economic Historians

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Nov 30, 2022, 5:30 pm

The Victorian Branch of the ESA is proud and indeed honoured to announce that on Thursday, 30 November at the Kelvin Club from 5.30 pm we will have Geoff Blainey talk about ‘Economic history and the Causes of War’.

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SPECIAL INVITATION: How Gender Impacts Outcomes in Education and in Family: An International Perspective - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Wednesday Nov 30, 2022, 12:30 pm

From: Central Council

Gender can be an important factor in determining outcomes in schools as well as in families. In collaboration with the Korean Women Economists Association (KWEA, http://www.e-kwea.or.kr/ ), the Women in Economics Network invites you to a webinar on two interesting gender economics topics.

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Crypto and Digitalisation: Current State of Play - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Nov 30, 2022, 12:00 pm

The Economic Society of Australia, Victoria Branch, invites you to this short presentation where we will provide an overview of the evolution and different forms of digital currencies including cryptocurrencies.

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ESAYP End of Year Event - Diminishing Returns Pub Crawl

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Nov 24, 2022, 6:00 pm

This event is fully booked. If you would like to be added to the waitlist in case of cancellations, please contact membership@esavic.org.au 

Join the ESA Young Professionals for our end of year event as we seek to pre-empt the Christmas rush of events and celebrations.  This year, we’ll be going on a Diminishing Returns Pub Crawl – what does that mean? 

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Restoring Full Employment with Rising Incomes: the Economic Context of Budgetary Policy

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Monday Oct 24, 2022, 6:00 pm

The Victorian Branch of the Economic Society of Australia are delighted to announce that the doyen of Australia’s economists, Ross Garnaut, Emeritus Professor of Economic Policy, University of Melbourne will speak on Restoring Full Employment with Rising Incomes: the Economic Context of Budgetary Policy.  Professor Garnaut will be discussing general economic policy on the eve of the first budget of the Albanese Government.  Read Ross Garnaut's Speech

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A Present and Future Look at Australian Housing

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Tuesday Oct 4, 2022, 5:30 pm

With rising interest rates, falling house prices and skyrocketing rents, the Australian housing market is in a tumultuous state in 2022. Join us as an esteemed panel discuss the latest trends in the housing market and where it may be heading in the future.

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Improving quality and choice in aged care

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Wednesday Sep 28, 2022, 11:00 am

The Australian government spent approximately $21.5 billion on aged care in 2019-20. Despite spending more each year, the quality of aged care hasn't improved in Australia.

Dr Jay Bhattacharya - Dinner

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Wednesday Sep 21, 2022, 6:30 pm

A Christian Response to the Pandemic

What would a Christian response to the pandemic have looked like?  Come along to hear from Dr Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford University: a Christian, and one of the world's leading public health experts.  Event starts at 6.30pm in the Steakhouse Room at the Notting Hill Hotel, Notting Hill.

33rd History of Economic Thought Society Annual Conference

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Sep 21, 2022, 12:00 am

From: Central Council

The History of Economic Thought Society was founded in 1981. It publishes the History of Economics Review, a refereed and ECONLIT listed biannual journal. 

Launch of Andrew Leigh’s book “Fair Game: Lessons From Sport for a Fairer Society and a Stronger Economy”

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Tuesday Sep 20, 2022, 6:00 pm

Andrew Leigh would like to invite you to the launch of his new book “Fair Game: Lessons From Sport for a Fairer Society and a Stronger Economy”. The book draws on lessons from sport to discuss competition, education, discrimination and job participation.

An Evening with Dr Jay Bhattacharya

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Thursday Sep 15, 2022, 5:30 pm

Dr Jay Bhattacharya is one of the world's leading experts on public health policy and is appearing live in the heart of Melbourne. Jay is a Professor of Health Policy at Stanford University and directs the Stanford Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging.