Background
Easton was born in 1943 and grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Brian Easton
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Victoria University of Wellington. University of Canterbury.
Career
He has been economics columnist for the New Zealand Listener magazine for more than 34 years, giving him a high public profile nationally. He has held a number of university teaching posts and also works as an independent commentator. He holds degrees in mathematics and economics from the University of Canterbury, and in economics from Victoria University of Wellington.
Easton was director of the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research from 1981 to 1986.
Easton has held a number of scholarships and fellowships including visiting fellowships at the University of Melbourne, as Richard Downing Research Professor, Georgetown and Harvard Universities, as a Fulbright New Zealand Distinguished Visiting Fellow and a Marsden Fellowship (2003–2006). In 2002 he was appointed to the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Growth and Innovation Advisory Board and, in 2005, he was made a Distinguished Fellow of the New Zealand Association of Economists.
He has documented his current work activity and interests in his personal web site.
Membership
He is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, a Chartered Statistician, and a Member of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
