Battlers & Billionaires: Andrew Leigh in conversation with Richard Holden

The Curiosity Lecture series returns to the Festival with a line-up of our most thought-provoking speakers delivering one-time talks on topics of intrigue, interest and importance.

Economics professor at UNSW Sydney Richard Holden (Money in the Twenty First Century) and Parliamentarian Andrew Leigh (Battlers & Billionaires and The Shortest History of Economics) unpack economics as a global force that impacts wars, technological innovation and social change.

In our contemporary world, what are the causes and consequences of economic inequality? And can economics be used as a tool for justice for the oppressed?