Make the study of economics "more sexy": Chris Bowen
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Labor frontbencher Chris Bowen, who has previously been shadow treasurer and before that treasurer, wants the study of economics made “more sexy” to attract more students, especially women, to study it.
And he thinks young people’s concerns about climate change might be a way to encourage them into a discipline which has seen...