Launching ’Fair Game’ in Sydney
23 Syys 202221min
Launching ’Fair Game’ in Melbourne
23 Syys 202225min
A More Dynamic Economy
On 25 August 2022, I delivered the Fred Gruen Lecture at the Australian National University on ‘A More Dynamic Economy’. The text of the talk is available at https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/minister...
29 Elo 202226min
Discussing the Morality of AI with Toby Walsh (ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author Series)
On 10 May 2022, Toby Walsh was in conversation with Andrew Leigh, discussing Toby’s new book ‘Machines Behaving Badly: The Morality of AI’. Toby, a world-leading researcher in the field of artificial ...
27 Touko 202257min
Speaking with Robyn Williams on the Science Show about ‘What’s the Worst That Could Happen?’
On 9 April 2022, I spoke with Robyn Williams on the Science Show about my recent book, ‘What’s the Worst That Could Happen? Existential Risk and Extreme Politics’.
11 Huhti 202211min
Engaged Egalitarianism: Why the Australian Recovery Must Prioritise Openness
On 6 April 2022 in Melbourne, I delivered the biennial Stan Kelly Lecture, named by ‘modest member’ Bert Kelly after his father. The talk was hosted by the Economic Society of Australia’s Victorian br...
7 Huhti 202243min
Doubling Philanthropy by 2030
Speaking in Melbourne on 7 April 2022, I announced Labor’s plan to double philanthropy by 2030, drawing on the stories of Alfred Nobel’s premature obituary and my grandfather Keith Leigh. It’s an ambi...
7 Huhti 20229min
