Andrew Charlton has
assumed many roles during his career, both in the field of politics
and the field of economics. Not only was Charlton once the senior
economic advisor the former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
between 2008 and 2010, he has also been recognized as an academic and
author, particularly as the writer of such books as Ozonomics, which
was published by Random House Australia in 2007, and Fair Trade for
All, which was published by Oxford University Press in 2005. His
collaborated with noted economist Joseph Stiglitz to produce
Ozonomics.
Andrew Charlton has
provided service to the London School of Economics in the past, and
has also conducted research that has been published in numerous
leading international journals, including the World Economy, the
World Trade Review and the American Economic Review. His research has
covered such topics as international trade, economics and
development.
Andrew Charlton has also
been the recipient of numerous academic awards, both during his
student tenure at the University of Oxford and at the University of
Sydney, respectively. During his time at the University of Sydney,
Charlton was proud to have won both First Class Honours in Economics,
and the University medal in Economics, during the year 2000. As a
student at the University of Oxford, He received the John Hicks Prize
for outstanding doctoral student in 2004 and the Edge worth Prize for
the best doctoral thesis in economics in 2005.
Charlton is also proud to
have been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, an
honor he received in 2010. He now works for Wesfarmers.
