David Llewellyn-Smith (born 16 March 1967) is an Australian writer and independent publisher in the field of

macroeconomics Macroeconomics is a branch of economics that deals with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole. This includes regional, national, and global economies. Macroeconomists study topics such as output (econ ...

. Early life and education: David Llewellyn-Smith was born in Sydney, Australia.

Career

Llewellyn-Smith was the founding publisher of ''

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'', an Australian international business and politics magazine, in 2000, and was its publisher and later Editor-in-Chief for eight years. The magazine published special issues "Global 100", "FDI 100" and "SMEGlobal100" in conjunction with Ibisworld. The magazine was sold in 2007 and it now operates online as an international relations website for the Asian region. In 2009, Llewellyn-Smith co-authored ''The Great Crash of 2008'' with Australian economist

Ross Garnaut Ross Gregory Garnaut (born 28 July 1946, Perth) is an Australian economist, currently serving as a vice-chancellor's fellow and professorial fellow of economics at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of numerous academic publications ...

. The book was published by

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. The authors attribute the

2008 financial crisis The 2008 financial crisis, also known as the global financial crisis (GFC), was a major worldwide financial crisis centered in the United States. The causes of the 2008 crisis included excessive speculation on housing values by both homeowners ...

to four factors: global imbalances; global housing bubbles, the emergence of "clever money" and increasing greed. Also in 2009, Llewellyn-Smith created "The Distillery", a five-day-per-week morning column in the ''

Business Spectator ''Business Spectator'' is an Australian business news website led by Alan Kohler as chairman and editor-in-chief. It is published by Australian Independent Business Media which is owned by News Corp Australia. History ''Business Spectator'' ...

''. The column critiqued business commentators in major newspapers and remains in circulation in 2014. In 2010, Llewellyn-Smith contributed to foundation of '' MacroBusiness'', an Australian economics and markets blog. And in 2012 he founded Macro Investor, an independent investment newsletter. Llewellyn-Smith's articles on economics and political economy have been published in ''

The Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuous ...

'', ''

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'' and the ABC's ''The Drum''. He is frequently quoted in news reports on economic topics.

Criticism

In 2022, in response to a proposed security deal between the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...

and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, Llewellyn-Smith called for Australia to invade the islands and "engineer regime change in

Honiara Honiara () is the capital and largest city of Solomon Islands, situated on the northwestern coast of Guadalcanal. , it had a population of 92,344 people. The city is served by Honiara International Airport and the seaport of Point Cruz, and lies ...

". In response, South China Morning Post's Alex Lo stated in an opinion piece that Llewellyn-Smith's position was "irrational", and that it "would have been funny if the piece was written by just another extreme right-wing head case".

Notes and references

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Llewellyn-Smith, David 1967 births Living people Australian economics writers Macroeconomists Writers from Sydney