{{Short description|Australian historian}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox scholar | name = Alex Millmow | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | era = | region = | workplaces = Federation University Australia<br/>Australian National University<br/>Department of the Treasury | alma_mater = Australian National University | thesis_title = The power of economic ideas : the origins of macroeconomic management in interwar Australia : 1929-1939 | thesis_url = https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/148466 | thesis_year = 2004 | doctoral_advisor = Selwyn Cornish | doctoral_students = C. J. Coventry | notable_students = | school_tradition = Keynesian economics | main_interests = Economic history | principal_ideas = | major_works = {{plainlist|1= *''The Power of Economic Ideas'' (2010) }} | awards = 2005 HETSA Award for Best PhD Dissertation <ref>{{cite web|publisher=History of Economic Thought Society of Australia|title=recent prize winners|url=https://hetsa.au/prizes-and-scholarships/recent-prize-winners|access-date=28 August 2025}}</ref> | influences = John Maynard Keynes<br/>Joan Robinson<br/>Colin Clark | influenced = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Alexander John Millmow''' is an Australian economic historian, journalist, and author. Formerly an associate professor at Federation University Australia,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Federation University|title=Associate Professor Alex Millmow|work=150 Faces of Fed|date=26 May 2021 |url=https://federation.edu.au/about-us/our-university/history/150-years/150-faces/millmow,-alex|access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref> he is an honorary research fellow at Australian National University and a adjunct associate professor at Federation,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789813369450#aboutAuthors|title=About the author|work=Publisher web site for book The Gypsy Economist|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|access-date=24 July 2021}}</ref> and is president of the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hetsa.org.au/the-president-hetsa|title=The president, HETSA|publisher=History of Economic Thought Society of Australia|access-date=24 July 2021}}</ref>
Millmow was an early advocate of increasing economics education in schools because of the decline in practical economic literacy in Australia.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://rethinkeconomics.org.au/resources-2/millmow/ | title=Interview with Alex Millmow - Rethinking Economics Australia | date=3 October 2021 }}</ref> He also believes politicians in the 1970s and 1980s acted more boldly than politicians of the 2020s.<ref>'How a secret plan 50 years ago changed Australia’s economy forever, in just one night', The Conversation, 2023, https://theconversation.com/how-a-secret-plan-50-years-ago-changed-australias-economy-forever-in-just-one-night-209378</ref> He has cautioned the Albanese Government that its plans to make the Reserve Bank of Australia completely independent are undermining Australian Labor Party history.<ref>'Jim Chalmers wants a truly independent RBA. He should be careful what he wishes', The Conversation, 2023, forhttps://theconversation.com/jim-chalmers-wants-a-truly-independent-rba-he-should-be-careful-what-he-wishes-for-204550</ref>
== Books == Millmow is the author of books including: *''The Power of Economic Ideas: The Origins of Keynesian Macroeconomic Management in Interwar Australia 1929–39'' (Australian National University E Press, 2010)<ref>Reviews of ''The Power of Economic Ideas'': *Bernard Attard, ''Australian Economic History Review'', {{doi|10.1111/j.1467-8446.2011.00326.x}} *Peter Fearon, ''The Economic Record'', {{doi|10.1111/j.1475-4932.2011.00737.x}} *Hansjoerg Klausinger, ''History of Economic Ideas'', {{JSTOR|23723619}} *Matthew Smith, ''Journal of the History of Economic Thought'', {{doi|10.1017/S1053837214000595}} </ref> *''A History of Australasian Economic Thought'' (Routledge, 2017)<ref>Reviews of ''A History of Australasian Economic Thought'': *Michael Beggs, ''Journal of the History of Economic Thought'', {{doi|10.1017/S1053837218000469}} *Selwyn Cornish, ''Agenda'', {{JSTOR|90022780}} *Simon Guttmann, ''The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought'', {{doi|10.1080/09672567.2020.1720362}} *G. C. Harcourt, ''History of Political Economy'', {{doi|10.1215/00182702-7685303}} *John Hawkins, ''Australian Economic History Review'', {{doi|10.1111/aehr.12176}} *J. E. King, ''The Economic and Labour Relations Review'', {{doi|10.1177/1035304618757633}} *Brendan Markey-Towler, ''Economic Record'', {{doi|10.1111/1475-4932.12387}} See also a colloquium in ''History of Economics Review'' (volume 69, 2018) dedicated to this work: *William Coleman, "Introducing a History of Australasian Economic Thought", {{doi|10.1080/10370196.2018.1542763}} *Anthony M. Endres, "Noise and Signal in the Latest History of Australasian Economic Thought", {{doi|10.1080/10370196.2018.1488510}} *Gregory C. G. Moore, "The Failure of Historians to Engage with Recent Economic Thought: The Case of Millmow", {{doi|10.1080/10370196.2018.1535241}} *Peter Kriesler & J. W. Nevile, "Keynesianism in Australia", {{doi|10.1080/10370196.2018.1540079}} *Paul Oslington, "Comments on Alex Millmow’s History of Australasian Economics", {{doi|10.1080/10370196.2018.1535228}} *John Lodewijks, "Millmow and Australasian Economics", {{doi|10.1080/10370196.2018.1535229}} *Alex Millmow, "The HAET of the Matter", {{doi|10.1080/10370196.2018.1535232}} </ref> *''The Gypsy Economist: The Life and Times of Colin Clark'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021)<ref>Reviews of ''The Gypsy Economist'': *Ross Fitzgerald, ''The Australian'', [https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/timely-reminder-of-a-forgotten-father-of-economics/news-story/ad561577b9008c9e149d925276cff5c9] *Frank Stilwell, ''Journal of Australian Political Economy'', [https://www.ppesydney.net/content/uploads/2021/06/9_Book-Notes.pdf] </ref>
He is co-editor of ''Reclaiming Pluralism in Economics'' (Routledge, 2016, with Jerry Courvisanos and James Doughney).<ref>Reviews of ''Reclaiming Pluralism in Economics'': *Salewa ‘Yinka Olawoye, ''American Review of Political Economy'', [https://arpejournal.com/article/id/135/] *Frank Stilwell, ''Journal of Australian Political Economy'', [https://www.ppesydney.net/content/uploads/2020/05/Eight-more-arguments-for-change-Book-Review.pdf] </ref>
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