Justin James Michael Wolfers (born 1972) is an Australian economist and public policy scholar.

[5] Wolfers attended James Ruse Agricultural High School, in Sydney, Australia (1985–1990).

[7] Wolfers moved to the University of Michigan as professor of economics and public policy beginning in fall 2012 with his partner, fellow economist Betsey Stevenson.

He is a contributor to The New York Times (where he writes for The Upshot blog) and The Wall Street Journal.

[10] In 2014, he was named by International Monetary Fund as one of the 25 brightest young economists who are expected to shape the world's thinking about the global economy in the future.