David Throsby is Distinguished Professor of Economics at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He is internationally recognised for his research and writing on the economics of art and culture. His current research interests include the relationships between economic and cultural policy, the creative industries, the economic circumstances of creative artists, the Indigenous art economy, heritage economics, culture in sustainable economic development, and the economics of literary festivals. He has published many books, papers and reports in these areas. His recent books include Economics and Culture (2001), which has been translated into eight languages, and The Economics of Cultural Policy (2010), both published by Cambridge University Press. He has also written a number of plays.