Bio

Dr Lindy Edwards is a fellow of the Centre for Policy Development and the author of How to Argue with an Economist: Re-Opening Political Debate in Australia. She is a Research Fellow at the Australian National University's Research School of Social Sciences. Lindy has previously been an economic adviser in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, worked as a Press Gallery Journalist and been Economic Adviser to then leader of the Australian Democrats, Natasha Stott Despoja.

Lindy Edwards's contributions:

What comes after neoliberalism? Reframing markets

Lindy Edwards suggests that new understandings of the strengths and weaknesses of markets allow progressives to look at economic growth through a new lens - as the product of cooperation. Productive markets thrive on co-operative relationships, trust and ethical behaviour.

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• Sustainable Economy

• Visions

Rethinking the Costs of Targetting

Lindy Edwards looks at what the Rudd Government’s budget choices mean for the future of income redistribution

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• Citizen Services
• Thinking Points

The Future of Social Democracy - Crunch Time Conference Speech

The era of neoliberalism may be over, but prospects for a social democratic revival are slimmer than widely assumed, said Lindy Edwards at the Crunchtime Conference.

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• by Lindy Edwards

• Our Common Wealth
• Real world economics

• neoliberalism

The Apology and the Battle over Australia's Founding Myth

This week's apology to the Stolen Generation is a key moment for Aboriginal Australians, but it is also a defining for non-indigenous Australians. It is pivotal in the subterranean battle over what it is to be an Australian. In the last 30 years we have been immersed in debates about Australian identity. But we have not always been so uncertain about who we are.

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• by Lindy Edwards

• stolen generation
• apology
• Indigenous

Missing Howard Battlers

Have you noticed what is missing in this election campaign? After 10 years the ‘Howard battler’ has disappeared. Having been our constant companion for so many years, he is nowhere to be seen.

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• by Lindy Edwards

• culture wars

Economic efficiency – an ideal of the past?

Economic efficiency makes an appearance on most evening news bulletins, is dotted through our newspapers, and rolls easily off the tongues of our politicians. But not many of us know what it actually means. Lindy Edwards explains...

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• by Lindy Edwards

• Real world economics

Turning the tide on democratic decline

In the battle of ideas, our faith in democracy has taken too many bullets, writes Lindy Edwards. To resuscitate it, we need confidence in our ability to achieve more through cooperation than we can through competition.

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• by Lindy Edwards

• Democratic Renewal