Ian Ross Harper AO

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, economics professor and current dean of the

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. Harper has a

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with

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and a

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and

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from the

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. Before becoming the dean, he was

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at the

, a graduate school of the

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Career

Harper began his career working at the Reserve bank, after completion of his PhD.Patrick Durkin, Ben Potter, "Harper back to RBA origins" The Australian Financial Review, 6 May 2016 He was the inaugural chairman of the

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before that body was abolished in 2009. He then joined

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's Melbourne office as a partner, and then senior adviser. He headed the Federal Government's Competition Review, releasing the final report ("the Competition Policy Review" or "Harper Review") Ian Harper Profile - The Conversation https://theconversation.com/profiles/ian-harper-8628 of 56 recommendations on 31 March 2015. He was appointed to the board of the Reserve Bank in 2016 before returning to academia as the Dean of the Melbourne Business School, in 2018.

Published works

Harper has published numerous articles, and recently wrote ''Economics for life'' () which won the 2011

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Australian Christian Book of the Year Award.

Honours

Harper was elected to the Australian Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2000 and later elected to the Fellowship of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Harper was made an

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in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, "for distinguished service to education in the field of economics, and to public and monetary policy development and reform."

Personal life

Harper is a professing Christian and often speaks publicly about his Christian faith.https://www.acc.edu.au/podcast/ian-harper/''The Inspiration Project''

References

External links

Talk on ABC Radio
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