b. 1956
John Quiggin is an Australian economist and public policy analyst known for his work on decision theory, risk, and heterodox economics. He is a laureate fellow at the University of Queensland and has contributed influential critiques of neoliberal economic thinking, most notably in his book Zombie Economics.
Authored Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk Among Us (2010)
Developed generalized expected utility theory and rank-dependent expected utility contributions
Critiqued backward induction as a solution concept in extensive-form games
Laureate Fellow of the Australian Research Council
Prominent public intellectual on climate policy and economic risk