Writers @ Stanton: Richard Holden

In many ways, Australia handled the COVID-19 pandemic as well as any country in the world but what did we get wrong?

In Australia's Pandemic Exceptionalism, internationally acclaimed economists Steven Hamilton and Richard Holden assess Australia's public health and economic responses to the pandemic. By analysing Australia's many successes and shocking failures they offer crucial lessons for future crises.

About the author

Richard Holden is professor of economics at UNSW Business School and president of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and is also currently a regular columnist for the Australian Financial Review.

His research has been published in top general-interest journals such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, and his opinion writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Sydney Morning Herald.

Organised in partnership with Constant Reader Bookshop.

Host or Publisher Stanton Library