Dr John Humphreys is an economist who has worked in academia, government, consulting, and think tanks. He is an Associate Researcher at the Centre for Independent Studies and a sessional lecturer at the University of Queensland. He has also worked for the Australian Treasury, and the Centre for International Economics (including consulting jobs for the World Bank and ASEAN).
Since the success of the 1980s and 1990s microeconomic reforms, subsequent governments have attempted to...