1. Christopher Thomas Southgate Ragan was born on August 7,1962 and is a Canadian academic and economist.
11 Facts About Christopher Ragan
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Christopher Ragan has published extensive research on macroeconomics and monetary policy.
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Christopher Ragan is the former chair of Canada's Ecofiscal Commission, a group of Canadian economists that sought to broaden the discussion of environmental pricing reform beyond the academic sphere and into the realm of practical policy application.
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Christopher Ragan is an associate professor at McGill University, where he has been on the faculty since 1989.
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Christopher Ragan is the author of an introductory textbook in economics, published by Pearson Canada.
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Previously co-authored by Richard Lipsey, Christopher Ragan is the sole author on this textbook, which after 16 editions continues to be the most widely used intro textbook in Canada.
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On November 7,2017, Christopher Ragan was announced as the inaugural director of McGill University's Max Bell School of Public Policy.
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Christopher Ragan was tasked with recruiting faculty members for the school, creating its public engagement programs, and designing the curriculum for its flagship Master of Public Policy program.
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From 2004 to 2005, Christopher Ragan was the Special Advisor to the Governor of the Bank of Canada, and from 2009 to 2010 he was the Clifford Clark Visiting Economist at Finance Canada.
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From 2016 to 2019, Christopher Ragan was a member of the Advisory Council on Economic Growth, which advised Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau on economic policies to achieve long-term sustainable growth.
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Christopher Ragan has been a columnist for numerous publications, including the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the National Post Magazine, and most recently The Globe and Mail.