Adam Triggs is a senior research manager at the e61 Institute. He is a visiting fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy and a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. He is a former Director and head of the Canberra office of AlphaBeta. Adam was formerly the director of research at the ANU's Asian Bureau of Economic Research and has worked as an economic policy advisor to the Shadow Assistant Treasurer of Australia, the Hon. Andrew Leigh MP, and is a former economic advisor at Prime Minister and Cabinet. He is a former expert advisor at Oliver Wyman, a former consultant at the Cape York Institute and a former mergers and acquisitions analyst at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Adam holds a bachelor’s degree in law, a bachelor’s degree in economics, a master’s degree in international economics and a PhD in macroeconomics.
Experience
2015–present
Researcher in International Economics, Crawford School, Australian National University
2015–2017
Advisor, The Office of the Hon. Andrew Leigh MP
2012–2015
Advisor, Global economy and G20, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
2012–2012
Advisor, Cape York Institute
2011–2012
Advisor, Global economy and trade, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
2009–2011
Economist, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Education
2011
Crawford School, Australian National University, Masters in International and Development Economics
2008
College of Law, Australian National University, Bachelor of Laws
2007
College of Business and Economics, Australian National University, Bachelor of Economics
Publications
2018
Macroeconomic policy cooperation and the G20, The World Economy
2017
China’s New Role in the International Financial Architecture, Asian Economic Policy Review
2016
The G20 and Macroeconomic Policy Cooperation, Lowy Institute
2016
Markets, Monopolies and Moguls: The Relationship between Inequality and Competition, Australian Economic Review
2015
Macroeconomics and the Phillips Curve Myth: Book review, Economic Record
2015
The global growth challenge and the G20 growth strategies, The G20 Blue Book, Renmin University Press