Michael Patrick Moffatt (born March 14, 1977) is a Canadian economist and professor of Business, Economics, and Public Policy. He served as director of policy and research at Canada 2020, a progressive Canadian think-tank. He is also an assistant professor at Ivey Business School.

Mike Moffatt
Born
Michael Patrick Moffatt

(1977-03-14) March 14, 1977 (age 47)
SpouseHannah Rasmussen
Academic career
FieldIndustrial organization
InstitutionIvey Business School
Canada 2020
School or
tradition
Neoclassical economics
Alma materRichard Ivey School of Business
University of Rochester
University of Western Ontario
InfluencesEric Maskin
Milton Friedman

Mike's family is from Whalen Corners in Lucan Biddulph, though Mike grew up in London, Ontario, where he attended elementary and highschool with fellow urbanist Jason Slaughter of Not Just Bikes.

Education and career

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Moffatt has a combined honours B.A. in economics and political science from the University of Western Ontario and a M.A. economics degree from the University of Rochester. He graduated from the Ph.D. program for business administration at the Richard Ivey School of Business in 2012. He is an assistant professor of business, Economics and Public Policy at Ivey.[1] In 2018, Moffatt was appointed director of policy and research at the progressive think-tank Canada 2020.[2]

He was a "guide" for the Economics topic at About.com and provided weekly articles on economics topics, with a focus towards students.[3] Moffatt is a business and economy consultant and appeared CBC Radio and the National Post.[4] He also is an author for The Globe and Mail. As of November 15, 2013, Moffatt is a research fellow at the Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management at Western University's Ivey School of Business.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Mike P. Moffatt – Richard Ivey School of Business
  2. ^ "Mike Moffatt joins Canada 2020 in policy leadership role - Canada 2020". canada2020.ca. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  3. ^ Mike Moffat at About.com
  4. ^ Mike Moffat's article mirrored by Canada.com from The National Post Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Mike Moffatt". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02.
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