Dan Nahum was Economist with the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work.
His research included industrial transformation, labour markets in low-carbon economies, government finances, and inequity and inequality. He holds a Masters of Political Economy from the University of Sydney, where he focused on the moral dimensions of climate change, and an Honours degree in Psychology from Macquarie University.
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