Division of Economic and Financial Studies

Craig Freedman


Formal Name: Craig Freedman

Personal Title: Dr

Position: Associate Professor

Organisational Unit: Department of Economics

Qualifications: BA St. John's Md., MBA Calif., MA Mass, PhD Mass

Telephone: (+61-2) 9850-7444

Fax: (+61-2) 9850-8586

Email: cfreedma@efs.mq.edu.au

Location: E4A 424

Websites:

Profile

Craig is the Director of the Centre for Japanese Economic Studies. The Centre, established in 1991 by the late Professor Victor Argy with the assistance of a generous donation from Nomura Securities, Tokyo, is an independent research unit located within the Division of Economic and Financial Studies at Macquarie University.

The Centre encourages research and study of the Japanese economy. To this end it promotes scholarly exchange and analysis, public events and course offerings.

Dr Freedman has presented testimony before the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee which was investigating the affect on Australia of recent changes in the Japanese economy. This was the first such Parliamentary investigation since 1981.

Committee/Board Membership

Board Member Macquarie University Japanese Studies Centre

Student Supervision

Alison Vicary (PhD Candidate) "Burmese Migrant Workers in Thailand"