Des Moore (13 December 1931 – 1 November 2020) was an Australian economist and political commentator.

Career

After graduating in law from the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

, Australia, and in economics from the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

, he worked for 28 years in the Commonwealth Treasury. He was deputy secretary of the Federal Treasury until 1987. From 1987 to 1996 he worked for the Institute of Public Affairs. He was also a Councillor at the

Australian Strategic Policy Institute The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) is a defence and strategic policy think tank based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, founded by the Australian government and funded by the Australian and overseas governments, industry ...

. During his time in the Treasury, Moore headed most of the main policy areas before he left in 1987. Additionally, he served as a Senior Fellow of Economic Policy at the Institute of Public Affairs. Moore was a director of the Institute for Private Enterprise in Melbourne and also a council member of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Additionally, he served as a director and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee on the boards of the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme (PSS) and Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CSS). In February 1996, he established the Institute for Private Enterprise, a

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to promote free enterprise views, and remained its chairman. In recent years he has expressed views on climate warming that contradict scientific evidence and reject the findings of climate scientists and was a proponent and confidant of Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley. Moore died on 1 November 2020, aged 88.

Publications

* (43 pages) * (40 pages) * (116 pages) A paper presented at the IPA Policy Conference, December 1991. * (83 pages) * (160 pages)

References

External links

Institute for Private Enterprise
website
IPA Review articles by Des Moore
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Des 1930s births 2020 deaths Australian economists Australian public servants Year of birth uncertain