Industry Research Fellow, Australian Institute for Business and Economics and School of Economics, The University of Queensland
Brendan Markey-Towler is an Industry Research Fellow at the Australian Institute for Business and Economics, and School of Economics at the University of Queensland. His current research focuses on the economics of knowledge and ideas. His work is particularly concerned with the interaction between economics and psychology, and spans behavioural and psychological economics, evolutionary economics, complexity and complex systems economics, microeconomic and macroeconomic theory, network theory as well as the philosophies of mind, time, and science.
Explainer: what is loss aversion and is it real?
Aug 21, 2018 16:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
A recent study claims a core idea in behavioural economics loss aversion is a fallacy. Loss aversion is the theory that the pain of losing something is greater than the pleasure we feel by gaining something...
Obesity is a market failure and innovation, not sin taxes, may be the solution
Aug 13, 2018 13:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
This is the second of a two-part series on obesity as a market failure. Read the first part here. The standard economic response to high and rising obesity is to levy whats known as a sin tax. The thinking is simple ...
How storytelling drives finance and economics
Feb 03, 2017 04:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
In his recent presidential address to the American Economic Association, Nobel Laureate Bob Shiller drew attention to the importance of narratives in economics and, particularly, in financial markets. This corroborates...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight