We are delighted to have Alex Millmow as the guest speaker at our 2025 Annual Dinner and AGM.

Dr. Alex Millmow was an associate professor in economics at the School of Business at Federation University Australia over the period 2010 until 2019. He is now an honorary research adjunct fellow at Federation University, Australia.

Alex’s research interests include the making of the Australian economic profession and the role of economic ideas in steering public policy.

In 2004 he completed his doctorate at the Australian National University on ‘The Power of Economic Ideas: The Rise of Macroeconomic Management in Australia’ which was subsequently published. Alex has also published over 50 journal articles including the Economic Record, Economic Papers, Economic Analysis and Policy and the History of Economics Review.

He is the current President of the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia (HETSA) and the President of the Victorian branch of the Economic Society of Australia.

In 2017 he published A History of Australasian Economic Thought (Routledge: London) and in 2020 an intellectual biography of the Anglo Australian economist Colin Clark entitled The Gypsy Economist.

Event details 

Date: Thursday 7 August 2025

Time: 5:45pm - 9pm

Venue: Salamanca Inn, 10 Gladstone Street, Battery Point

Cost: $65 for members, $45 for students, $115 for non-members

To access the student price, enter the Promo Code: STUDENT

Ticket price includes a two course dinner. Drinks available for purchase over the bar. 

Nominations for the Committee

Are you interested in the development and organisation of events for the Economic Society? If you answered yes, consider nominating for the Committee.

The Committee and Executive Roles (President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary) will be voted in at the upcoming AGM. You can nominate to join the Committee or an Executive Role in advance, via email (admin@esatas.org.au), or on the night, in person. Committee members are required to hold an active ESA membership, be willing to attend regular meetings and assist in the organisation of events.

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