Kasper, Wolfgang E. 1939–

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KASPER, Wolfgang E. 1939–

PERSONAL:

Born March 18, 1939, in Gablonz, Germany (now Czech Republic); citizen of Australia; son of Emil (an engineer) and Wilma (in business) Kasper; married Regine Deiglmayr (a teacher), April 2, 1966; children: Anna, Jutta. Ethnicity: "Cosmopolitan human." Education: University of Saarland, diploma in modern languages and degree in economics; University of Kiel, Ph.D. Politics: Libertarian. Hobbies and other interests: History, travel.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Tura Beach, New South Wales, Australia; fax: 61-2-6495-0390. E-mail—wkasper@cis.org.au; kasper@asitis.net.au.

CAREER:

German Council of Economic Advisors, Bonn, senior fellow, 1965-69; Institute of World Economics, Kiel, Germany, senior fellow, 1969-71; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, advisor with Harvard Development Advisory Service, 1971-73; Australian National University, Canberra, senior visiting fellow, 1973-77; University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, professor of economics, 1977-99; Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney, senior fellow, 1999-2006. Centre for the New Europe, Brussels, Belgium, member of board of directors.

MEMBER:

Mont Pelerin Society.

WRITINGS:

Zur Frage grösserer Wechselkursflexibilität: Eine Zwischenbilanz und ein Beispiel zur Illustration (title means "On the Question of Greater Exchange-Rate Flexibility"), Mohr-Siebeck (Tübingen, Germany), 1970.

Malaysia: A Case Study in Successful Economic Development, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (Washington, DC), 1974.

Issues in Economic Policy: An Introduction for Australian Students, Macmillan (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1976.

(Editor, with W.M. Corden, J.W. Nevile, and R.H. Snape, and contributor) Exchange Rate Changes and the Australian Economy, Centre for Applied Economic Research, University of New South Wales (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1977.

(Editor, with T.G. Parry, and contributor) Growth, Trade, and Structural Change in an Open Australian Economy, Centre for Applied Economic Research, University of New South Wales (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1978.

(With R. Blandy, J. Freebairn, and others) Australia at the Crossroads: Our Choices to the Year 2000, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1980.

Australian Political Economy: An Introduction for Students, Macmillan (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1982.

Capital Xenophobia: Controls of Foreign Investment in Australia, Centre for Independent Studies (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1984.

(With R. Blandy, P. Dawkins, K.C. Gannicott, and others) Structured Chaos: The Process of Productivity Advance, Oxford University Press (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1985.

The Creation and Destruction of Jobs, Australian Institute of Public Policy (Perth, Australia), 1985.

(With R. Blandy and J. Bennett) Fiji: Opportunity from Adversity?, Centre for Independent Studies (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1988.

(Editor, with P.T. Bauer and S. Siwatibau, and contributor) Aid and Development in the South Pacific, Centre for Independent Studies (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1991.

Macro-Outline: A Framework for Analysing an Interdependent, Open Macroeconomy, Centre for Studies in Management and Logistics (Canberra, Australia), 1991.

(Editor, with G. Walker and S. Ratnapala, and contributor) Restoring the True Republic, Centre for Independent Studies (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1993.

Global Competition, Institutions, and the East Asian Ascendancy, International Center for Economic Growth (San Francisco, CA), 1994.

(Editor, with H. Hughes and J. McLeod, and contributor) Australia's Asian Challenge, Centre for Independent Studies (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1994.

Competitive Federalism Promoting Freedom and Prosperity, Institute for Public Affairs (Perth, Australia), 1995.

Free to Work: The Liberalisation of New Zealand Labour Markets (monograph), Centre for Independent Studies (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1996.

Competitive Federalism Revisited: Bidding Wars, or Getting the Fundamentals Right?, Institute for Public Affairs (Perth, Australia), 1996.

Die Befreiung des Arbeitsmarkets: Neuseelands Wirtschaft im Aufschwung, Bertelsmann Stiftung (Gütersloh, Germany), 1996.

Property Rights and Competition: An Essay on the Constitution of Capitalism, Centre for Independent Studies (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1998.

(With M.E. Streit) Institutional Economics: Social Order and Public Policy, Edward Elgar (Northampton, MA), 1998.

Gambles with the Economic Constitution: The Reregulation of Labour in New Zealand, Centre for Independent Studies (Sydney, Australia), 2000.

Building Prosperity: Australia's Future as a Global Player, Centre for Independent Studies (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 2000.

Economic Freedom and Development: An Essay about Property Rights, Competition, and Prosperity, Institute for Public Policy Analysis (Lagos, Nigeria), 2004.

Make Poverty History: Tackle Corruption, Center for Independent Studies (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 2006.

Also author of shorter works. Contributor to books, including Approaches to Greater Flexibility of Exchange Rates: The Bürgenstock Papers, edited by G.N. Halm, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 1970; International Aid, edited by R.J. Shand and H.V. Richter, Development Studies Centre, Australian National University (Canberra, Australia), 1979; Money, Trade, and Competition: Essays in Memory of Egon Sohmen, edited by Giersch, Springer Publishing (New York City), 1992; Naval Power in the Pacific: Towards the Year 2000, edited by H. Smith and A. Bergin, Lynne Rienner (Boulder, CO), 1993; and Voluntary versus Coercive Orders, edited by G. Radnitzsky and H. Bouillon, Avebury Publishing (Aldershot, England), 1997. Contributor of articles and reviews to economic journals and newspapers, including Quadrant, Policy, Energy and Environment, Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, Economic Witness, Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, Australian Bulletin of Labour, Australian Economic Review, and London and Cambridge Economic Bulletin.

SIDELIGHTS:

Wolfgang E. Kasper once told CA: "By outlook and conviction, I am an individualist and a cosmopolitan. I pride myself on being able to communicate effectively in a dozen languages and to know many places around the world by having worked and visited there. The perspective from the air-conditioned hotel is not for me, but rather the view from the public bus or the shared meal with villagers.

"My professional interests as an economist go in the direction of long-term evolution and international exchanges. I have a deep distrust of big government and count myself among the friends of freedom."