Christopher Ragan

Christopher Thomas Southgate Ragan (born August 7, 1962) is a Canadian academic and economist. He is known for his research on monetary policy. He is chair of Canada's Ecofiscal Commission, a group of Canadian economists seeking to broaden the discussion of environmental pricing reform beyond the academic sphere and into the realm of practical policy application.

Christopher "Chris" Ragan
NationalityCanadian
InstitutionMcGill University

Background

Born on August 7, 1962, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1984 from the University of Victoria, a master of arts degree from Queen's University in 1985, and a Ph.D. in economics from M.I.T. in 1990.[1]

Career

Ragan is an associate professor at McGill University, where he has been on the faculty since 1989. Throughout his tenure, he has taught a wide range of economics courses, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. In 2007, he became the first in the Faculty of Economics to receive the H. Noel Fieldhouse teaching award for excellence in teaching.

His research and academic writing are largely focused on Canadian public policy challenges, and since 2007, the policy responses to the financial crisis of 2007-2009.

From 2010 to 2013, Ragan held the David Dodge Chair in Monetary Policy at the C.D. Howe Institute, a Toronto-based public policy think tank. Previously, he served as the Clifford Clark Visiting Economist at the Department of Finance, a Special Advisor to the Governor of the Bank of Canada, and a member of the C.D. Howe Institute's Monetary Policy Council. From 1996 to 2000, he was Editor-in-Chief of World Economic Affairs.

He was a member of the Advisory Council on Economic Growth, which advised the Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau on economic policies to achieve long-term sustainable growth. The Council called for a gradual increase in permanent immigration to Canada to 450,000 people a year.[2][3]

He has also been a columnist for numerous publications, including the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the National Post Magazine, and most recently The Globe and Mail.

References
  1. https://www.mcgill.ca/economics/christopher-t-s-ragan
  2. "Fortier, Ragan part of Advisory Council on Economic Growth". McGill Reporter. May 17, 2016.
  3. "Influential Liberal advisers want Canadian population to triple by 2100". Global News. October 23, 2016.
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