Leonard Hong
I’m an experienced economic professional currently based in Perth as a Policy Advisor for the Property Council of Australia. In 2020, I graduated with a BCom/BA Conjoint Degree at the University of Auckland, majored in Economics, International Business, Politics & International Relations, and History. I completed a Master’s degree in International Political Economy at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore as a NZ Prime Minister’s Scholar for Asia in 2024. I was a Research Assistant at the New Zealand Initiative from 2020 to 2022. Before Singapore, I previously worked as an Advisor to Hon. Andrew Bayly MP FRGS – former NZ Minister for Commerce and Consumer Affairs under the Sixth National Coalition Government.
As a passionate individual for political science and economics, I always strive for greater knowledge and intellect. My main interests lie in the topics of globalisation, macroeconomics, international political economy and great power politics. I enjoy reading and digesting non-fiction books in my field of interest and aspire to emulate my intellectual heroes.
“Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.” — John Maynard Keynes
The opinions expressed on my website are solely mine, not my employers.
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