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People make things.
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It starts with a single spark.
Difference.
Chase it far enough and it grows into a difference.
Economics.
Economics is the tool that gets you there. It should be in everyone's hands.
In economics, △ means change
Empowering minds to shape a better world.
MADE is a national non-profit putting economics — and the power to change things with it — into the hands of every young Australian.
Year 12 economics enrolments in Australia have fallen 70% in three decades. Female participation has slipped from parity to just one in three — and students from lower socio-economic backgrounds are quietly disappearing from the field. We were MADE to change that.
Make △ Difference with Economics.
We work to reverse those three trends — not only because economics should be open to everyone, but because a broader, more inclusive generation of young economists will be far better equipped to shape the world through informed, inclusive economic policy. Widening who gets to do economics is how we improve the decisions that touch every life.
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Four national initiatives live today — and four more on the way. Wherever your curiosity starts, there's a door.
The Young Economist's Journal
Publish your ideas in a national journal. A $500 prize and a Commonwealth Treasury experience for each issue's winner.
Submit an article → 02Australian Economics Careers Convention
Meet the economists shaping Australia — from the Treasury to Citi, SEEK and Frontier — at our national careers convention.
Explore the AECC → 03Australian Monetary Policy Challenge
Step into the RBA's shoes and set the cash rate in Australia's premier monetary policy challenge.
Take the challenge → 04The Young Economist's Society
Join the network. Weekly activities — the Question of the Week, plus first access to every new event. Where young economists meet and get inspired.
Become a member →Marginal Thinking Podcast
Our podcast, where high school students unpack the economic issues behind the headlines — in their own words.
The MADE Speaker Series
Every week, a leading voice in economics joins us online to share their work, their path, and what the discipline really looks like.
National Economics Debate
A fast-paced debating competition fought entirely on economic ideas.
National Economics Summer School
A seven-day intensive program in Canberra where twenty of the country's top students study economics under leading professors.
Be the △.
Join the Young Economist's Society, submit to the journal, or become a MADE representative — support the mission, sharpen your skills, and help shape a more inclusive future for economics.
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