Curriculum vitae
Positions
- Associate Director, Oxford Economics, New York, 2026– (Lead Economist, 2022–2026)
- Adjunct Associate Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, 2025–
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, 2022–
- Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg, 2017–
- Director, Policy Research and Economics, Bird, 2018–2022
- Associate, Cornerstone Research, New York, 2014–2018
- Research Assistant to Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University, 2011–2013
Education
- Ph.D. Economics, Columbia University, 2014
- Postgraduate Diploma, European Competition Law, King's College London, 2008
- M.Sc. Economics, London School of Economics, 2006
- B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics and B.Com (Hons) Economics, University of Cape Town, 2004
Papers
Listed with abstracts on the research page.
- US Industrial Policy in Historical Context: Origins, Progress, Challenges (with Erten, Stiglitz, and Verhoogen), revise and resubmit, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2026
- How Effective Has Industrial Policy Been in the United States? A Review (with Erten, Stiglitz, and Verhoogen), revise and resubmit, Journal of Globalization and Development, 2026
- Structural Change and Internal Labor Migration: Evidence from the Great Depression (with Boone), Review of Economics and Statistics 105(4), 2023
- Barriers to Long-Term Cross-Border Investing (with Harvey, Bolton, An, and Samama), Rotman International Journal of Pension Management 7(2), 2014
- Political Polarization and the Dynamics of Political Language (with Jensen, Kaplan, and Naidu), Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Fall 2012
Teaching
Public Economics; Labor Policy: The Future of Work (NYU Wagner). Understanding Emerging Technologies (Columbia SIPA). Research Methods in Competition Policy and Economic Regulation (University of Johannesburg, CCRED).