Michael Walker, former Executive Director of The Fraser Institute is an economist, journalist, broadcaster, consultant, university lecturer, and public speaker. As an economist, he has written or edited 40 books on economic topics. His articles on technical economic subjects have appeared in professional journals in Canada, the United States, and Europe, including the Canadian Journal of Economics, the American Economic Review, The Journal of Finance, the Canadian Tax Journal, Health Management Quarterly, and Health Affairs.
As a journalist, he has written over 675 articles, which have appeared in some 60 newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, the Wall Street Journal, the Vancouver Sun, the Chicago Tribune, the Reader's Digest, the Detroit News and the Western Star—the newspaper in his birthplace, Corner Brook, Newfoundland. Dr Walker has been a regular columnist in the Vancouver Province, the Toronto Sun, and the Ottawa Citizen; he is also a member of The Financial Post Board of Economists. He has written or edited 50 books on economic matters.
As a broadcaster, he has written and delivered some 2,000 radio broadcasts on economic topics and appeared on radio and television programs in Canada, the United States, and Latin America. As a consultant, he has provided advice to private groups and governments in the United States, Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Chile, Hong Kong, Jamaica, New Zealand, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Sweden, Venezuela, and Canada. He has lectured to over 1,000 audiences at universities and in other venues on five continents.
Michael received his BA (summa) from St. Francis Xavier University and his Ph.D. in Econometrics at the University of Western Ontario. He taught at the University of Western Ontario and Carleton University and was employed at the Bank of Canada and the Federal Department of Finance. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario and his B.A. from St. Francis Xavier University. He is a director of a number of firms and other enterprises, including The Mont Pelerin Society, Mancal Corporation, The Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation, and The Max Bell Foundation.
He writes regularly for daily newspapers and financial periodicals. His articles have appeared in technical journals in Canada, the United States, and Europe, including The American Economic Review, the Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Public Policy, Health Affairs.