Andrew Charlton

Andrew Charlton (born 26 September 1978) is an Australian politician and economist. He has been a Labor member of the Australian Parliament representing the federal division of Parramatta since the 2022 Australian Federal Election. Charlton has been described as a "centrist, evidence-based, data-driven economist with entrepreneurial flair". He is the author of several books on economics including Fair Trade for All which he co-authored with Joseph Stiglitz, and most recently Australia's Pivot to India. Early life and education Andrew Charlton was born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1978. He attended the elite Knox Grammar School in Wahroonga. Charlton then attended the University of Sydney to study economics, where he was a resident of St Paul's College. He was awarded the university medal for economics. He later won a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford, where he earned a PhD in economics.