Michael Walker

Michael Walker is Executive Director of The Fraser Institute. Born in Newfoundland in 1945, he received his B.A. (summa) from St. Francis Xavier University in 1966 and completed the work for his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Western Ontario in 1969. Dr. Walker writes regularly for daily newspapers and financial periodicals. His articles have also 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, and the Canadian Tax Journal. He has written or edited 40 books on economic matters.