报告人：Ben Freyens（澳大利亚堪培拉大学）

邀请部门：经济学系

报告时间：2026年3月16日（周一） 下午1:30-3:00

报告地点：suncitygroup太阳新城216

 

报告人简介：

Ben Freyens (PhD Economics, 2008, Research School of Economics, The ANU, Australia) is Professor of Economics at the University of Canberra. He was the Head of the School of Government over 2021 – 2025. His research interests includes law and economics, employment protection, the economics of radio spectrum allocation, the measurement of inequality and poverty, disaster recovery, housing markets, social capital, safety research and agricultural policy. He has conducted several research projects for the Australian Communications and Media Authority on optimal spectrum licensing and radio transmission technologies. His research has been published in leading economics journals such as Review of Economics and Statistics, Information Economics and Policy, The ILR Review, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Telecommunications Policy, and in IEEE publications (engineering). He has been a guest editor for the journal International Journal of Disaster Risk Recovery. In his earlier working life, he was a statistical expert for the European Commission, and later taught economics at Deakin University, UNSW, UOW and at the ANU.

 

报告摘要: The old model of globalisation maximised efficiency in production and consumption but created instability and inequality, which led to its current decline. The path forward isn't isolationism, but new forms of local and global collaborations that better understand what makes humans happy, prioritise human connections and security, and replace consumerism with experiences. The de-globalisation we are living through is an opportunity to rebuild our economies with a different form of efficiency in mind, combining greater resilience and new forms of prosperity. This public lecture will discuss classical arguments and recent developments in the economics of happiness and collaboration.