Brian Easton (economist)

Easton was director of the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research from 1981 to 1986.^[3] He is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, a Chartered Statistician, and a Member of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

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 NZ Distinguished Visiting Fellow^[4] and a Marsden Fellowship^[5] (2003–2006). In 2002 he was appointed to the New Zealand Prime Minister's Growth and Innovation Advisory Board^[6] and, in 2005, he was made a Distinguished Fellow of the New Zealand Association of Economists.^[3] He has documented his current work activity and interests in his personal web site.^[1]

• Easton, Brian. In Open Seas: How the New Zealand Labour Government Went Wrong: 2017-2023, Kea Point, 2024, ISBN 9780473725730
• Easton, Brian, Not in Narrow Seas: The Economic History of Aotearoa New Zealand. Victoria University Press, 2020, ISBN 9781776563043
• Easton, Brian, Heke Tangata: Māori in Markets and Cities. Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust, 2018, ISBN 9780947506438
• Easton, Brian, Globalisation and the Wealth of Nations. Auckland University Press, 2007, ISBN 9781869403775
• Easton, Brian, The Nationbuilders Auckland University Press, 2001, ISBN 9781869402600
• Easton, Brian, The Whimpering of the State: Policy after MMP. Auckland University Press, 1999, ISBN 1869402189
• Easton, Brian, The Commercialisation of New Zealand. Auckland University Press, 1997, ISBN 1869401735
• Easton, Brian, In Stormy Seas: The Post-war New Zealand economy. Otago University Press, 1997, ISBN 1877133086
• Easton, Brian, The Making of Rogernomics. Oxford University Press, 1989, ISBN 1869400410
• Easton, Brian, Social Policy and the Welfare State in New Zealand. Allen & Unwin, 1980, ISBN 0868613932