Helen Hughes (economist)
Helen Hughes | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 October 1928 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | 15 June 2013 (aged 84) Sydney, New South Wales |
| Awards | Distinguished Fellow, Economic Society of Australia (2004) Centenary Medal (2001) Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) La Trobe University (1994) Officer of the Order of Australia (1985) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne London School of Economics |
| Thesis | Effects of Technological Change on Labour in selected sections of the Iron and Steel Industries of Great Britain, the United States, and Germany, 1901 – 1939 (1954) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Centre for Independent Studies (2000–13) Australian National University (1983–93) World Bank (1969–83) Australian National University (1963–68) University of Queensland (1961–62) University of New South Wales (1959–60) |
| Notable students | Bill Hayden |
| Main interests | Development Economics |
| Notable works | The Australian Iron and Steel Industry, Lands of Shame |
Helen Dolly Hughes AO FASSA (1 October 1928 – 15 June 2013) was an Australian economist. She was Professor Emerita at the Australian National University, Canberra, and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney. Hughes has been described as Australia's greatest female economist.