Max Corden

Professor
W. Max Corden
AC
Born(1927-08-13)13 August 1927
Breslau, Lower Silesia, Prussia, Germany
Died21 October 2023(2023-10-21) (aged 96)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationEconomist
SpouseDorothy Corden (dec.)
ChildrenJane Corden (dec.)
Websitehttp://www.maxcorden.com/

Warner Max Corden AC (13 August 1927 – 21 October 2023)[1] was an Australian economist. He was mostly known for his work on the theory of trade protection, including the development of the Dutch disease model of international trade.[2] He was also active in the fields of international monetary systems, macroeconomic policies of developing countries and Australian economics.[3] Corden, originally German, emigrated from Nazi Germany to Melbourne in 1939. Corden died on 21 October 2023, at the age of 96.[4]

  1. ^ "Warner Max Corden – Death Notice". The Age. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  2. ^ See for example Neville R. Norman (2007), The contribution of Australian economists: the record and the barriers in Economic Papers (Economic Society of Australia) or William Coleman (2006), A Conversation with Max Corden, Economic Record 82 (259), 379–395.
  3. ^ Examples of most relevant work could be Corden W.M., Neary J.P. (1982). "Booming Sector and De-industrialisation in a Small Open Economy." The Economic Journal 92 (December): 829-831. Or Corden, W.M. (1984). "Boom Sector and Dutch Disease Economics: Survey and Consolidation." Oxford Economic Papers 36: 362.
  4. ^ Kehoe, John (23 October 2023). "Economic 'giant' Max Corden dies, aged 96". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 23 October 2023.